Eggcorn: Conjugate for Congregate

[Alison Murie]

On May 29, 2009, at 8:35 PM, Doug Harris wrote:

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> Just found this in a note on a Facebook page (of an arms-length
> relative
> of whom I'd never heard until two days ago):
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> "Some kid has stopped in the middle of the hallway with a group of
> his friends. They've conjugated in the middle of the hallway,
> sucking up valuable space so they can do something stupid like
> compare shoe sizes."
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> Isn't that wonderful??
> dh
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Sorta like conjugated proteins, making an impenetrable mass?
AM

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