The mangling of idomatic expressions (a minor rant and call for commiseration)

[Bailey Guns]

The rebels are armed with a wide variety of weapontry.

[Dingo]

All of those pretty "pitchers" at the museum.

"Here's you a glass of water"

"Go get you a glass of water"

Make yourself "comftrubble"

"Hope" and "change"

[Dingo]

Oh yeah, and...

"most anybody will do it"

"Anymore, people are becoming dumber"

[Richard K]

I worked with a guy who misrenounced everthing.
He drove a Prymouth down high 70 and rused the passing lane, had stirloin snips for lunch. Had a groucho bed in his camper, a chimbley in his house, he had his cadillacs removed, his wife had ten feet of her testicles removed, he hated it when he found magnets on rotten meat, etc., etc..

[stevelkinevil]

THANK GOD FOR THIS THREAD! several of mine have been covered. "mute" point is a big one.
Another one I have not seen yet. "bald faced lie" its "bold faced lie" who the hell cares if he shaved!

[fj605]

When receiving a single-finger salute, I prefer, "he flipped me off!" as opposed to, "he flicked me off!"

[Irving]

When receiving a single-finger salute, I prefer, "he flipped me off!" as opposed to, "he flicked me off!"

Yes!

I think I say "nulculer," but I am not sure, As no one has ever corrected me, and it depends on how it flows in the sentence. For example, I pronounce Caribbean differently depending on if I am saying "I am going on a Caribbean cruise." Compared to "I am going to the Caribbean."

A few I've been corrected out of saying have been:
1) irregardless
2) should have went, instead of should have gone.

[davsel]

Wife has finally broken the habit of "acrosst."
Had a college classmate repeatedly refer to "object poverty."

So, is it "Buck Naked" or "Butt Naked?"

[Ah Pook]

Wife has finally broken the habit of "acrosst."
Had a college classmate repeatedly refer to "object poverty."

So, is it "Buck Naked" or "Butt Naked?"

It's Buck Naked.

NSFW

[Gman]

I have a boss that says, "from the gecko" instead of "from the get go". Maybe he has insurance from GEICO. He also uses "coming down the pipe" instead of "coming down the pike".

Worked in a liquor store in college with a lot of clientele that were asking for "A quart of Winston Canadian". They were asking for "A fifth of Windsor Canadian". I had a hell of time figuring that one out. A quart and liter seem a heckuvalot closer to each other than 3/4 of a liter.
...another was "Gibley's Gin". Sold a boatload of Tunderbird though.

My first wife had trouble pronouncing "hippopotamus" and it would make her seem to stutter. We settled on "Hip-mo-potus" and she was cute as hell saying it.

A co-worker's small son had trouble with "101 Dalmatians". They got one of the breed and he called it a "Dalmalmatian".