Here's a malapropism that made me chortle all day yesterday:
"…in other words, the [object:] is [a thing:], as succinct from [that other thing:]"1
Succinct? SUCCINCT?
OH, MR ATTORNEY. YOU MEAN DISTINCT.
Now, I'll grant you, there's a passing aural resemblance on account of that -inct suffix business, but I don't care to admit that as a valid excuse for gettin' it wrong. Not when we can safely assume that the author of the sentence in question passed not only primary and secondary education levels...
Published on November 27, 2009 12:29