Eggcorn?

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Sun Oct 21 17:48:04 UTC 2007


On May 19, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Phil Cleary wrote:

> BBC America's print and online catalogues contain the following blurb
> for the Guinness Toucan T-shirt: "Dublin's most famous brewery has
> been
> slacking thirsts for more than 175 years...."

now on the ecdb:
   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/989/slack/

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