intravenious(ly)

[Victoria Neufeldt]

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> another morphological reanalysis, heard this morning in a KQED local
> news report by Judy Campbell.  ca, 1,300 raw google webhits for
> "intraveniously", 750 for "intravenious".  e.g.
>
> Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is good. So is shooting cocaine and heroin
> together intraveniously.
> www.dumpalink.com/post/1134642842/Funny_Bud_Light_Commercial
>
> He was an intravenious drug user and a homosexual. He was a great
> guy, and I will never forget him.
> www.outreach-solutions.com/ daryl/wwwboard/messages/71.html
>

Then there's 'mischievious', which has a long and venerable history.
On the other hand, you often hear 'homogenous' for 'homogeneous'.  I
just checked Merriam-Wester's Collegiate: 'homogenous' is there, but
not 'mischievious'.  Could be that people always write 'mischievous'
even though they say 'mischievious'.

Victoria

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