lazydazical--eggcorn?

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Herb Stahlke wrote:
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> I've also heard "laxadaizical."  Google shows 33 raw hits.

You'll find more occurrences of "laxadaisical", including in Paul
Brians' "Common Errors in English Usage" and several threads in the
Eggcorn Forum:

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/laxadaisical.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=laxadaisical+site:eggcorns.lascribe.net

--bgz

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