"Bone Apple Tea"

September 13, 2024 @ 10:47 am · Filed by under Eggcorns

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The "ABOUT COMMUNITY" description from r/BoneAppleTea:

There's also r/BoneAppleTypo, and the #boneappletea Discord channel.

[h/t M.O.S.T.]

September 13, 2024 @ 10:47 am · Filed by under Eggcorns


5 Comments

  1. Coby said,

    September 13, 2024 @ 1:28 pm

    How is that different from a malapropism?

  2. Ben Zimmer said,

    September 13, 2024 @ 2:16 pm

    See Know Your Meme for further background.

  3. S Frankel said,

    September 13, 2024 @ 3:09 pm

    @Coby – It's the same because 'mala' means 'apples' in Latin :)

  4. Mark Liberman said,

    September 13, 2024 @ 5:25 pm

    @CobyL ""

    See "Egg corns: folk etymology, malapropism, mondegreen, ???", 9/23/2003; and "'Eggcorn' makes the OED", 9/16/2010.

  5. Vulcan with a Mullet said,

    September 17, 2024 @ 6:17 pm

    Also see "shark coochie plate" for "charcuterie plate", another popular wordplay among online foodies :D

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