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

[Herb Stahlke]

unfortunately all too likely.

Herb


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Unless the editor never heard it before or - perhaps more likely -  uses it
> the same way.
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> JL
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> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com>
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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>
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> > > On 3/2/2013 10:50 PM, Herb Stahlke 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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