16 February 2009

metriculous

me-tric-u-lous, adj.

informant: "I try to be very metriculous when it comes to people's pay."

interpretations: meticulous
conflated with: meticulous and possibly trinkle (see previous blog entry)

12 February 2009

crumblet

crumb-let, n.

informant: "I love these crumblets."
co-worker: "You mean crumpets?"
informant: "Oh, yeah. That's what they're called. Anyway I love crumblets!"

interpretation: crumpet
conflated with: crumpet, crumb, gauntlet

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04 February 2009

rambunctuous

ram-bunc-tu-ous, adj.

co-worker: "They can't just be coming in here and grabbing things off our shelves!"
informant: "Well, you know how they get all rambunctuous when they come in here."

interpretation: rambunctious

See also
  • A Google search returns rambunctuous as a common misspelling, not as a common mispronunciation.