Subject: Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?

[Mark A. Mandel]

Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> sez:
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Last night on MTV's "Room Raiders" (I know, I need to get a life!), a
participant entered an extremely messy room, which he twice referred to as
having been "thrashed."  I assume he meant "trashed," but he (unconsciously)
introducted a more particular image of how the room got that way.

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Like "introducted"? or no, wait, that's more like "administrate". :-) A back
form.

-- Mark
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