Gross over - possible eggcorn

[Laurence Horn]

So a multitude of sources.  Besides "glazed over" and "grossed out over", I think most of the hits posted on this thread involve an orthographically motivated reanalysis of "glossed over".   (Since "gloss" doesn't rhyme with "gross" for anyone, I assume, it wouldn't be a mishearing.)

LH

On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:59 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

>
>> A couple of these are also puzzling, as they don't follow the same pattern:
>>
>> Why would some never understand the mysteries of the kingdom found in the
>> parables? It was a matter of unprepared hearts. Their hearts were hard and
>> grossed over, their ears were dull of hearing, their eyes they had closed.
>> http://goo.gl/gGHFJ
>
> Clearly along the lines of the pharaoh's heart being hardened in Exodus, but it's difficult to say what word is intended. "Glazed over" perhaps? "heart glazed over" has three unique Google hits.
>
>>
>> And, of course, I have *been grossed over* how popular media sees us, and
>> have lived my own moments of being cast as something I am not: The Spicy
>> Jalapeno.
>> http://goo.gl/NGMi6
>>
>
> This is surely a typo for (or new form of) "grossed out over".
>

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