lazydazical--eggcorn?

[Laurence Horn]

On Dec 29, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Herb Stahlke wrote:

> I've also heard "laxadaizical."  Google shows 33 raw hits.
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> Herb

"about 4000" raw hits for "laxadaisical".  You have to know how to misspell!   ;-)

LH

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> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From the mouth of a color man during the Texas-California bowl
>> broadcast (just minutes ago, about a suspected muffed punt return): "He
>> was very [,lahz@'deizIk at l] 'bout it..."
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