eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jul 31, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Jerry Cohen wrote:

> Yesterday a woman on the Judge Judy show complained (among other
> things) that her ex-fiance used "profound words" against her.
> These included, as she described them "the B word and the C
> word."   From the context it was obvious that the woman intended to
> say "profane words," and without dwelling on the matter the judge
> made the correction.

certainly a malapropism (whether Fay/Cutler or classical), but i
don't see it as an eggcorn.

arnold

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