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    Which particular neologism recently emerged due to the linguistic mix-up of a couple of 'edibles' with a type of nut or seed, and can you give an example?

    Question #72127. Asked by peasypod. (Nov 08 06 7:29 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Hint needed. "Edibles" is general enough that I'm not sure how to focus. I do realize that since the word is enclosed in quotation marks, we might not be talking about genuine edibles at all.

    May I request just a little enlightenment?

    Nov 09 06, 5:09 PM
    peasypod

    		You do know me well, don't you Frankiebabe?

    Well, one of the edibles can indeed be on a McDonalds menu, and also (etymologically speaking) be used as a pertinent componant in an IVF surgeons office.

    Nov 09 06, 8:08 PM
    SOTHC

    		I did not think that 'edible' and things on a Macdonalds menu were linked.

    Nov 10 06, 7:43 AM
    SOTHC

    		I now have a hankering for a sesame seed bun

    Nov 10 06, 7:51 AM
    lanfranco

    		O.K., I think perhaps we're talking about "eggcorns" --substitutions of a word or words for something that sounds nearly identical. The substitution has to make a sort of peculiar sense, as in "eggcorn" for "acorn."

    I rather like "deformation of character" for "defamation of character":


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

    Nov 11 06, 10:56 AM

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