If you wonder why some of Google ¨What do you love?¨ searches do not work, there is a list of the words banned from being used ... (NSFW) here. There are a couple of words in that list which are new to me.
´Cheese´ is OK. ´Head´ is OK. ´Cheese Head´ is OK. Equally, so is ´Head Cheese´. You just have to know what things are. There is a description of what ´Head Cheese´ actually is ... here.
Now, I will throw down a gauntlet to whoever can come up with another valid WDYL malapropism. I might even go so far as to offer a prize to the best, most convoluted, wittiest... whatever... let me know by posting a comment.
The wonderful ´Language Log´ has some very interesting articles/discussions/subjects... even cartoons that result in some interesting dialogues... here.
And, just in case you were wondering, a paper has been written which provides a detailed analysis of the word that proves there is no ´F´ in ¨butter¨ - the word ´f**k¨ - can be found at this (NSFW) link (downloadable PDF) and abstract... here.
I particularly liked the citation from ¨The Politically correct United States Supreme Court and the Motherf**king Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Using Legal Databases to Trace the Origins of Words and Quotations, in LANGUAGE AND THE LAW 367, 368 (Marlyn Robinson ed. 2003)¨. This can be found on Page 6 of th PDF.
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