Pontius "Pie Late"; prolific
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Fri Apr 6 17:07:20 UTC 2007
On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:20 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
> ... On the same show, an FBI spokesman explained that the fugitive
> from yesterday's New Jersey shooting is "prolific and dangerous."
> Wha ? He's likely to have more criminal kids before he's caught ?
malaprops (of all types) tend to induce bewilderment in me. what was
the right target word here?
arnold
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