"dew-eyed innocent"

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Fri Mar 13 14:45:24 UTC 2009


Last night in his epic interview with Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart said,
"You are pretending that you are a dew-eyed innocent."

Eggcorn? Sounds like a blend of "doe-eyed" and "dewy-eyed."


--Ben Zimmer

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