eggcorn: lambash

[Beverly Flanigan]

And it no doubt comes from the usual pron. of 'lambaste' as 'lambast',
agreed?  'Lambast' is just as opaque as 'lambaste', of course.

At 12:50 PM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
>On Mar 24, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Matt Gordon wrote:
>
>>I heard an example of 'lambash' as an apparent eggcorn of
>>'lambaste' on a podcast today. Google finds a few other examples
>>including:
>>"I was honestly prepared to lambash this test for being too simple."
>>from http://polycronics.livejournal.com/
>>
>>I was really hoping to find it spelled 'lambbash' which might
>>support an anti-ovine folk etymology. Alas, no such luck.
>
>even so, it's a nice eggcorn, an improvement on totally opaque
>"lambaste" in favor of an only half-opaque version.
>
>arnold
>
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