New Malapropism

[RoxyNotFoxy]

On Radio 4's Front Row last week I heard a modest character referred to as "self-defecating".

Now I'm wondering why this bit of linguistic confusion isn't one I've heard before. Because it's kind of obvious isn't it? It's been waiting to happen.

All we need now is the converse one: "People were deprecating on the floor".

My grandfather used to encourage us all to take as many opportunities in life as possible.
"Grab them like hot potatoes!" he would excitedly exclaim.

My friend is ambidextrous and her ds was desperate at 3 years old to find out if he was ambiguous too....

My granny once said something about casting nasturtiums, instead of aspersions. It stuck and has now become a family favourite!

I remember a maths teacher who was so absent-minded, he'd forget what he was saying in the middle of a sentence and then just stand there frowning until it all came back to him. But I remember him one day tapping with his pointer at a geometrical figure on the blackboard and talking of "an angle of 45 degrees centigrade".

Snap, Sidge! (Or snapdragons )

Have a friend who was telling me about some news story where the man had been "perverting the courts of justice". Sounds interesting . . . !

I'll never forget the Radio 4 newsreader announcing that Martina Navratilova had beaten such-and-such player in 'straight sex'.

Does anyone remember the clip on Dennis Norden's outtake show, who said they had found hypodeemic nurdles on the beach??