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Mrs Malaprop’s Multifarious Muddles
Okay, I’ll startMouse
A mouse is a large mammal with antlers
You mean gooseGoose is the opposite of tight.
That's loose! It's a dirty little mite...
No that's a louse. A building where people live.
Soused again, No, Liverpudlian delicacy!
Na na na..that's Scouse ain't it!Robert Baden-Powell's organisation for boys...
SproutsThe Jolly Green Giant's children.
Hi miscellaneous :-)The Jolly Green Giant's children are called sprouts! In this game you have to follow the answer with a wrong definition that leads to a similar sounding word. Or maybe I'm missing an ingenious double bluff, in which case I apologise!
You mean JGG's brats.Brats are people who come from the UK
TwoddleBungler wrote: "Hi miscellaneous :-)The Jolly Green Giant's children are called sprouts! In this game you have to follow the answer with a wrong definition that leads to a similar sounding word. Or maybe I'm miss..."
(Let's go with the ingenious double bluff thing)
miscellaneous wrote: "Let's go with the ingenious double bluff thing"It's a deal :-)
That's gripping.Gripping is fat that has melted from roasting meat, used in cooking or eaten cold as a spread. (Yum, used to love that!)
You're thinking of flipping- That's a native of a south-east Asian island; we used to have a flipping maid.
Hmm... wouldn't she have been Filipina?She was a tiny character in a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Danny Kaye sang about her.
No, No, Thumbelina.-But I shelter under 'th'umbelina when it's raining.
Surely you mean Mozzarella, the well-known phone manufacturer.
Nah, you're thinking of Motorola.
You know, that well known online bingo site
You know, that well known online bingo site
Tut tut! That's Tombola!A really bloody explosive Volcano in Indonesia, that in 1815, it's last outburst, is still the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Of course!
You're talking about that innovate German band Krakatoa, aren't you?
You're talking about that innovate German band Krakatoa, aren't you?
Surely you're referring to Tambora, a percussive musical instrument?
erm....actually it was Tambora in Sumatra.. GG! lol! The famous Krakatoa eruption was in 1883! :)Hmmm....that's surely a Tambourine, Twoddlebungler....a small citrus fruit?
oh eck..ang on a minute....now we're all getting muddled up 'ere! ;-)
theDuke wrote: "erm....actually it was Tambora in Sumatra..but i'll let go GG! lol! The famous Krakatoa eruption was in 1883! :)"
I blame it on my lack of education :)
Let's try again - I think TwoddleBungler is referring to a tasty citrus fruit, Tambourine.
I blame it on my lack of education :)
Let's try again - I think TwoddleBungler is referring to a tasty citrus fruit, Tambourine.
No...That's a tangerine....something you bounce up and down on.
oh, for gawd's sake!
Sj wrote: "No...That's a tangerine....something you bounce up and down on."
You're referring to trampoline - All Saints' Eve
Ahh..yes Margarine...a very big soup dish.
That would be a coleen.Ah, sure, the rare ould mountain dew!
Morning! You're thinking of a pole dancer.That's when your thinking gets stuck in a rut, and you keep coming up with the same pole dancer every time.
I'm sure you meant 'pole dancer'. Isn't that a brooding TV drama set in 18th-century Cornwall? (never seen it myself)(Morning :-)
Handybird wrote: "I'm guessing you might mean Polar Bear?An acrobatic, sometimes erotic dancer..
(Oh the vision! Morning all :O)"
(Pedants Corner, I was actually hinting at baleen, as in whale Handybird. But as Mrs Malatrope would say, "No arm, no fowl!")
Poldark - they are used for instant photography.
nocheese wrote: "Morning! You're thinking of a pole dancer.That's when your thinking gets stuck in a rut, and you keep coming up with the same pole dancer every time."
That would be 'old answer'.
"Old answer!" is what a fairground attendant would shout to a young gentleman who was showing off by letting go of his horse on the merry-go-round.
Hold on, sir! It's a description of capacious bags.
Holdalls - worn by workmen and women alike.
You mean overalls.My overalls are a vital part of my reproductive system
You're confusing that with ovaries which is a way of cooking eggs in the USA
Over easyThat's a nickname for New Orleans
Big Easy. It certainly is big, in fact it's the longest east-flowing river in Africa.
That's the ZambesiI do love a zambesi on the rocks, that aniseed flavour is my favourite.
Grrr, I hate Xambuxo - hours in the library poring over those darned study-aids.
Exam books, surely?No, those are sheep, as described in 'Waltzing Matilda', drinking at the billabong.
That'll be a jumbuck, a term that is also used to describe a stripey boiled sweet.
Bah! Humbug!...that's what I sup my ale from!
Sj said:Bah! Humbug!
...that's what I sup my ale from!
- Your beermug, dear boy!
-Ah, yes a great big cuddle - lovely
You: I think you meant ‘words’ not worms Mrs M
Mrs M: Oh yes, words. Words are groups of grass-eating animals
You: Oh no, you mean herds!
Mrs M: Of course! Herd, A herd is a lump of poo.
You: Um, surely you mean turd!
... and so it goes on.
1. A real word is given with correct spelling, followed by an incorrect definition.
2. The next person uses the definition to puzzle out what Mrs Malaprop was trying to say.
3. Unfortunately, Mrs M has an incorrect definition for that word too.
4. The game continues.
Rules
When you get an answer, you don’t just give the word. You must also give a new incorrect definition that leads to a similar word. You must have a new word in mind!
If your answer fits really well, it doesn’t have to be the one intended.
The words don’t have to rhyme or have the same number of syllables or begin with the same letter – they must just be a plausible malapropism. Homonyms are allowed.
Example
Malaprop – a city in Spain
Malaga – brothers from the band Oasis
Gallagher – a fairground ride with wooden horses
Galloper – a measuring instrument
Calliper - Trinidadian folk music
Calypso – etc.
I hope that makes sense. Please ask if anything is unclear. I may have to invent some more rules!