Words imperfect

[snopes]

The latest whoppers from Juel Goldstock, an L.A.-area high school teacher who lovingly collects gaffes by his students:

Fish is fish, steak is beef and chicken is paltry.

He delivered papers. He was a nooseboy.

They hung 19 witches in Salami.

Dear Officer, my car was stolen & I want you to find the burger that stole it.

ribald: adj. dirty: I have to clean my mom's room. It's ribald.

http://www.latimes.com/news/columnis...5652349.column

[Skeptic]

One that always annoys me and is quite common here, it to us "bungle" when they mean "bundle". As in "He was carrying a bungle of books".

[trlkly]

@Skeptic
That's funny. I've heard that around here, too, but the usage is different: "It was freezing, so he bungled up his coat."

[Jay Temple]

I was trying to figure out the "ribald" one. Unlike the others, the person didn't confuse one word with another; (s)he simply misunderstood the sense of the word "dirty" used as a definition.