Heard on The Judges: eggcorn.

[Mark Mandel]

Wilson:

> >> Forty-ish Latino female standard-English speaker:
> >>
> >> "I couldn't get him to bring me a contract. He just kept _hemming
> >> and hauling_".
>

Larry:

> > Well, as far as excrescent liquids go, seems like a safer choice than
> > "He just kept hemming and hawring"
>

Alison:

> ???  "hawking?"
>

"whoring"

And OMG, Larry, ouch.

m a m

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