"sell oneself short" = "miss out on an experience"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Unless the editor never heard it before or - perhaps more likely -  uses it
the same way.

JL

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Since it was on a commercial with high production values, I guess I would
> have expected an editor to catch a malapropism.  But, to quote Wilson,
> youneverknow.
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> Herb
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> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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> > > In a new Sam Adams ad, the speaker is drinking his first Sam Adams and,
> > > enjoying it and wondering why he hasn't tried it before, he says, "I've
> > > been selling myself short."
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> > Assuming that it is an error for "shortchange oneself", does it qualify
> > as a malapropism?
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> > -- Doug Wilson
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