credit = 'to grade as correct'; input = 'to provide, as in writing; fill in a blank with'

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> http://news.yahoo.com/aclu-alleges-comically-unconstitutional-religious-harassment-rural-louisiana-141242881.html
>
>
>> The ACLU claims that the credited answer for the question is the word
> “LORD.” When the Buddhist student didn’t input that answer, Roark allegedly
> made fun of him in front of the entire class.<
>
> I have to assume that "comically unconstitutional" is simply an blunder for
> "chronically," but since the news item is illustrated with a cartoon of a
> fellow who might be Jesus (or Moses or Cicero or Petronius Arbiter), I
> can't be certain.
>
I'm guessing it's the latter, i.e. an intentional pun rather than a malapropism.

LH

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