Language Log/eggcorn database media sighting

[James Smith]

"Jive with" and "chomping at the bit" are eggcorns?
I've heard and used both all my life!  What are the
"correct" expressions?



> Kansas City, Mo.: Regarding misused expressions,
> such as "intensive
> purpose", "jive with", "chomping at the bit",
> "straightened arrow",
> and so on, there is a name for these: eggcorns. The
> term was coined by
> the blog Langauge [sic] Log. They've been keeping a
> database of them,
> up to nearly 600 eggcorns including all those
> mentioned in the chat,
> all with citations.
>
> the term was indeed coined on Language Log, but the
> database is a
> separate operation managed by Chris Waigl (with the
> help of some
> Language Loggers).
>
> Language Log's most recent eggcorn posting:
>
> AZ, 11/11/07: Lolcat, meet eggcorn:
>
>
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005103.html
>
>
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