[Ads-l] not an eggcorn?

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jun 13 11:24:47 UTC 2020


Cf. "lush."

JL

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 7:52 PM James A. Landau <jjjrlandau at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Heard in a doctor's office:  "I really wanted a glass of wine, but I was
> afraid to come into a doctor's office with wine on my breath because they
> might think I was a slosh."
>
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