old factory < olefactory

[Dave Wilton]

GILES: He had a specific...olfactory presence.

XANDER: So it's off to the old factory. I hate that place...I'm joking. I
know what it means. He smelled.

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Laurence Horn
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:35 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: old factory < olefactory

At 7:30 AM -0700 9/16/07, Dave Wilton wrote:
>"Old factory" = "olfactory" was a joke on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," fifth
>season, episode "The Replacement" that aired 10 Oct 2000.
>
>Some appearances of the eggcorn may be references to this.
>
>

Interesting.  Do you (or does Michael Adams) have the context for that joke?

LH

>-----Original Message-----
>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Laurence Horn
>Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:14 AM
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: old factory < olefactory
>
>At 10:01 AM -0400 9/16/07, David Bergdahl wrote:
>>I propose that we add "Eggcorn of the Year" to our annual list--and I
>>nominate this one!
>>
>I'll recuse myself from the latter suggestion, but I'd be happy to
>support the former one--the tricky part would be closing off the
>nominations.
>
>LH
>
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