Eggcorn?

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:09 PM +0100 5/16/09, Chris Waigl wrote:
>>
>>At 5/16/2009 04:12 AM, Margaret Lee wrote:
>>>In a final paper, one of my students wrote that a female character
>>>in a novel is put on a "pedal stool."  Is this a possible eggcorn
>>>for pedestal?
>
>Already in the Eggcorn Database:
>http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/297/pedastool/
>  ("pedal stool" is in the article).
>
>A tip: when you have a potential eggcorn, just type it into google
>together with the search term "eggcorn". If it's in the ECDB, it'll
>likely come up!
>
>Best,
>
>Chris Waigl

I tried that with the Boston-based "trifector" (for "trifecta") last
night (= the Bruins, Celtics, and Red Sox all losing) and it wasn't
listed, but nobody commented. Is that a viable candidate for the edb,
or a non-eggcorn for a reason I don't see?

LH

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