eggcorn: shill > shrill

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Mon Apr 7 19:49:57 UTC 2008


Seems somewhat common on political blogs and the like.

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http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2006/10/conservative-bloggers-throw-in-towel.html
The sweet sorrow of a former Democrat, turned civil libertarian,
turned into a Republican shrill.
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http://www.metafilter.com/36149/Firstclass-ticket-and-private-jet-not-good-enough-for
Compared to him, Limbaugh actually sounds more like a principled
conservative than a Republican shrill like Hannity.
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http://bushout.blogspot.com/2005/11/bob-woodward-outed-as-neocon-shrill.html
Bob Woodward Outed As A Neocon Shrill
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http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=7668
However in 2004, the editor, Taegan Goddard, basically became a
liberal shrill without having the intellectual honesty to openly admit
his bias.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606145/posts
Those who refer to him as a liberal shrill don't have a clue that he
is a life long Republican.
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--Ben Zimmer

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