"Mind-bottling"--a deliberate egg-corn

[Seán Fitzpatrick]

My daughter in an IM exchange recently repeated this bit of dialogue from
the Will Farrell movie, “Blades of Glory”:

“Mind-bottling, isn't it?”

"Did you just say mind-bottling?"

“Yeah, you know, when your thoughts get so twisted up it's like they're
trapped in a bottle."

[Produced by professional Hollywood writers in a controlled script.  Don’t
try this at home, kids!]

 

Seán Fitzpatrick
It’s a Gnostic thing. You wouldn't understand.
http://www.logomachon.blogspot.com/

 

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