"adverse" + inf. = averse + to + pres. part.; "outroar" = uproar; outcry

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Oct 2, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:

>> From interviews on this evening's "All Things Considered" :
>
>  ...  "Something they wouldn't be adverse to do."

averse >> adverse:

  http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/585/adverse/

adverse >> averse:

   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/592/averse/

both questionable as eggcorns, but certainly common, and in some of
the advice books.

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