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Thirty Malapropisms: 008 ArchivesAnswers
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Ed. Note: last week’s puzzle contest is officially over—thanks to all who entered. Our winner this time is Jonathan Harkey, who got twenty-five out of thirty malapropisms. He gets a free subscription to the Review and a copy of Dylan’s new novel, Amateurs. Congratulations, Jonathan! Below, the solutions.
Malapropian Answers:
- Fractalshould be dactyl
- Hobbesianshould be Hobson’s
- Charmin should be Harmon
- Finial should be filial
- Consubstantial should be constabulary
- Dobie Gillis should be Wade-Giles
- Oscillation should be osculation
- Cortisone should be corticene
- Valetudinary should be valedictory
- Sommelier should be Somali (A typo originally rendered “lapel pin” as “label pin,” so we also accepted “Label should be lapel” from those who responded before the typo was corrected.)
- Gumbo should be Gambit
- Gibbous should be glabrous
- Elated should be alighted
- Netscape should be netsuke
- Stalagmite should be Stakhanovite
- Ignoramus should be igneous
- Organ should be orgone
- Horticultural should be hortatory
- Intransitive should be intransigent
- Lutefisk should be lutenist
- Cloaca should be cloque (or cloqué)
- Vibraculum should be viaticum
- Grenadine should be Grenadier
- Purveyor should be purview
- Fallibility should be Volatility
- Laminal should be liminal
- Serbia should be Cerberus
- Metronomic should be matroynymic (or metronymic)
- Linemen should be lineaments
- Quadrupeds should be quadriceps
Dylan Hicks is a writer and musician. His second novel, Amateurs, is out now from Coffee House Press. He contributes a monthly puzzle to the Daily.
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