malapropism \mal-uh-PROP-iz-uhm\, noun:
- The usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound; also, an example of such misuse.
Urban Word of the Day
March 08, 2007: gleek
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gleek&defid=108317
- building up saliva in the salivary glands using some stimulus, like sour food or yawnig, and then pressing the tongue upon the glands, causing the saliva to shoot out, usually at an impressive distance.
Shit, Eric just gleeked all over my food!
Word of the day:...........'el banco' [BAHN-coh]
English translation:.......bank, bench, ...
Other uses of the word 'banco':
banco de peces - a shoal, school (of fish)
banco de arena - sandbank
banco de niebla - fog bank
Expression:
'tener salidas de pata de banco' - to be flippant
Daily Trivia:
- What actor included an imprint of his fist—along with his footprints and autograph—in the famous forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood?
John Wayne. His footprints, of course, are bootprints.
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