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ulterior » alterior

Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in:  alterior motive Is there an alterior motive behind a woman's actions? […] With the borrowing of words and phrases from other languages, English speakers have...

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nautical » knotical

Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in:  knotical mile The head winds and waves immediately knocked my headway to 5.5 knots, and the tide was running about 4 knots in the deep water. I ran my math. At 1.5...

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jaw » jar

Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in:  jar-dropping Cameron’s decision that for now she just wants to have sex with the guy she "did" before when she was on drugs was just a jar-dropper. And it was...

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might » my

Posted by: Arnold Zwicky Chiefly in:  my as well "If i can't get this lever to work I my as well trash my whole mod. and crawl inside of a bottle." […] This one belongs with mine as and minus as...

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migraine » mindgrain

Posted by: Chris Waigl mind grain So Folks this has not been a very good week and I now have a headache that I hope it does not turn into a mindgrain. […] _Mindgrain_ is a classic eggcorn, very much in...

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told » tolled

Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in:  all tolled – untolled All tolled, the Republican administrations from Lincoln to Garfield gave their railroad buddies 155,504,994 acres (more area than Texas), until...

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Geiger » giga

Posted by: Chris Waigl Chiefly in:  giga counter I remember doing an experiment in our physics lesson one that involved testing the radioactivity of different radioactive isotopes with a giga counter....

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perennial » preannual

Posted by: Arnold Zwicky "If at all possible preannual rye grass is better. Not annual rye grass. 100% preannual." […] Mark Mandel: I first saw “preannuals” for “perennials” on a flyer, handwritten and...

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