February 27, 2002

tragesty

Spoken by a "man on the street" interviewee on Fox 11 News in reference to the upcoming Grammy Awards - "If Alicia Keyes doesn't win, it'll be a tragesty." It is not known if this was a mispronunciation of "tragedy" or "travesty" however this new metaplastic word could be defined as "an exaggerated or grotesque imitation of a disastrous event" (Isn't that what Grammy means in French?). Special thanks to metaplasm reader Sairam Suresh for submitting this metaplastic word.

Posted by Tim at 09:22 AM | Comments (1)

February 01, 2002

subjucated

A misspelling of subjugated found at alexmassie.com. This could be a combination of subjugated and educated with the possible definition of "being educated in a manner as to keep the student enslaved or subservient to those in power". Proper usage: "She was subjucated at the best schools money could buy."

Posted by Tim at 11:16 PM | Comments (0)