"automon"

[Jonathan Lighter]

No, no, it's that road in Germany.

  JL

Matthew Gordon <gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU> wrote:
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Was the stress on the medial syllable? If so that might support a connection
to the apparently intended 'automaton'.
If stress was initial, perhaps he meant "ottaman". Afterall, he doesn't want
Bush to be a mere foot stool.


On 8/22/06 12:44 PM, "sagehen" wrote:

> On NPR's On Point this morning:
> Douglas Knecht, in defending Bush's modifications of the provisions of
> Bills he has just signed, said he shouldn't be reduced to an "automon" (or
> possibly -man) carrying out the law.
> Does use of a non-word (you should pardon the expression) instead of
> another real word qualify as an eggcorn?
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