"home" = "sharpen"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> In commenting this evening on Romney's predicted reorientation after
> Santorum's "suspension" of his campaign, WCVB Boston (channel 5) news
> put up (and discussed) a slide with four things he was expected to
> do.  For example, "Raise money."  But one was "Home his message."
>
> I leave it to others better equipped than I to develop pertinent puns>

I suppose this is a type of hypercorrection, based on anxieties over
the propriety of "hone in on."

--bgz

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