Subject: Malaprops (Page 31)

Up there in his ivory shower.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

People have the persona that all Texans wear cowboy hats.

I wasn’t under the impersonation you meant me.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

You’ll be turned into a pillow of salt.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

The police surrounded the building and threw an accordion around the block.

… on hollowed ground

It ain’t German to the conversation. It ain’t supposed to make sense; it’s faith. Faith is something that you believe that nobody in his right mind would believe.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

So I won’t make the cover of Harper’s Brassiere.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I was under the dress.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

The coffee has burned my face! I'm going to be distorted!

Keep your eye to the grindstone.

It’s evaporooted a little bit there.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Now I too can soar with the beagle.

(1971 – ) American actress

It ain't exactly the Pope diamond.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Committing insex in the family.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

It’s only supposed to take off a little microscope at a time.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

A lot of people are leaving the company; the nutrition rate is very high.

The perferator of the crime was apprehended by the police.

What’s all this fuss I’ve been hearing about the presidential erection?

(1946 – 1989) comedian & actress

Not all that shivers is cold.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

… electrical degenerators

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)