Wife's eggcorn

[sagehen]

>On 1/3/06, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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>> Poster:       "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
>> Subject:      Re: Wife's eggcorn
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>> >I don't know why it's taken me so long to flash on this as an eggcorn,
>> >but, for years, I've been annoyed by hearing my wife say, when she's
>> >stressed out:
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>> >"I feel like _Dog Chow_!"
>> >
>> >"Dog Chow," is, of course, a registered trademark of the
>> >Ralston-Purina Co.  of St. Louis, my beloved home town. What my wife
>> >is reaching for is, "I feel like dog _shit_!" ....
>>
>> Maybe so.
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>> What about "[This place looks like the] dog's dinner"?
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>> What about "[Now you're in the] doghouse"?
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>> -- Doug Wilson
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>I don't get it. Are you suggesting that what she's actually modelling
>may be, "I feel like the dog's dinner," i.e Dog Chow, or "I feel like
>I'm in the doghouse==>Dog Chow"? It's possible, I guess.
>
>-Wilson Gray
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It seems to me that "sick as a dog" comes closer to what might be meant
here than "doghouse", "dog's dinner" or "dog shit."  Moreover, my guess is
that it's  much more frequently heard.
AM