eggcorn?

Mon Oct 30 18:49:20 UTC 2006

On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Maggie Thompson wrote:

> A sign on a door on E. 15th ST in New York told people not to throw
> their
> "cigarette buds" in front of the door.  Is this an eggcorn?  It's
> new to me.

me too.  but there are several hundred google webhits.

the ecdb has butt >>  bud in "the bud of someone's joke"
   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/291/bud/

and bud >> butt in "nip it in the butt"
   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/135/butt/

arnold

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