"close line"

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Jan 31, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

>>
> But there's occasion for further eggcorning/reanalysis of e.g. "put
> on your clos(e)", as attested by children who refer to a single
> article of apparel as "a clo".  (For some adults, a clo is also a
> unit for measuring the insulation value of clothing.)
>
> Maybe it's not just children (although I first became aware of it
> that way in the wild).  I see the urban dictionary has this entry for
> CLO:
>
> A single piece of clothing; a shirt, a hat.
> "What are you getting Amy for Christmas?" "Oh, I don't know;
> probably a clo."

joining "kudo", "gyro", "bicep", "homosapien", "parenthesee" and
"indice" and similar items discussed here back in august, the
historical "pea" and "cherry", and others.

arnold

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