Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

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lampoon (n.)
1645, from Fr. lampon, of unknown origin, said by Fr. etymologists to be from lampons "let us drink," popular refrain for scurrilous 17c. songs, from lamper "to drink, guzzle," a nasalized form of laper "to lap." The verb is first attested 1657.

1. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
–verb (used with object) 2. to mock or ridicule in a lampoon: to lampoon important leaders in the government.


pillory (n.)
1274 (attested in Anglo-L. from c.1189), from O.Fr. pellori (1168), from M.L. pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a dim of L. pila "pillar, stone barrier." The verb is first attested 1600.

1. a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
–verb (used with object) 2. to set in the pillory.
3. to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse: The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent.

M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

also 'lambast'

vita susicivus (blueski), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Cavalry is originally from vulgar latin 'caballus', horse.

Calvary is the Latin name for Golgotha and derives from 'calvus', bald, which is essentially what the name Calvin means.

M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Arturo Bandini/Alberto Beddini

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Thursday, 1 February 2007 04:52 (seventeen years ago) link

http://whttp://www.mbrem.com/images/calvin.gif

My college newspaper ran a photoshopped version with JC throwing devil horns. Ahhh religion, always good for a laugh.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 1 February 2007 04:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Did I typo or is that url not functional? I can never tell these things.

http://www.mbrem.com/images/calvin.gif

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 1 February 2007 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Is that a painting of jaXon? or his forebearer olde-jaXon? Where's olde-Britney?

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Thursday, 1 February 2007 04:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, that portrait was taken right after Jaxon was nailed to the door by a papal bull.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 1 February 2007 04:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Benny/Björn

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Thursday, 1 February 2007 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Curt Boettcher
Budd Boetticher

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Thursday, 1 February 2007 05:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Weatherspoons and McCauleys

Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 1 February 2007 09:59 (seventeen years ago) link

backslash and forwardslash.

Koogy Bloogies (koogs), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish we said foreslash instead of forwardslash.

Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Keter Betts
Skeeter Davis

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Booker Little
Walter Booker
Booker Ervin

The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:26 (seventeen years ago) link

calumny and contumely

Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Alberto Beddini

"For the woman, the kiss. For the man, the sword." That guy? Am I remembering the right movie?

M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Ian Richardson and Robert Stephens.

Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 9 February 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...
Agnetha and Frida

craven, Monday, 2 April 2007 06:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Macy Gray and Angie Stone.

Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 09:07 (seventeen years ago) link

five months pass...

Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf

brainstorming and barnstorming

rows and columns

Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link

Alberto Beddini

"For the woman, the kiss. For the man, the sword." That guy? Am I remembering the right movie?

-- M. White (Miguelito)

Yeah, that's right.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link

best thread ever

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 14:49 (sixteen years ago) link

Productive and entertaining ILX posters/oh I can't be bothered

Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link

flammable and inflammable

StanM, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link

Edmund Wilson and E.O. Wilson. And sometimes Edmund Wilson and Edmund White.

jaymc, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link

Sandy Dennis/Sandy Denny.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Paul Rodgers/Paul Jones

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link

Edmund Wilson and Edmund White

yah me too

n/a, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Yup. And sometimes

"Bunny" Wilson/"Bunny" Manders

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link

(that's mira sorvino and mena suvari)

http://www.trinitysitesoftware.com/images/older_stuff/heroes/dale_big.jpg

"Speak English man!"

C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Gary Oldman/Gary Numan

Huey Lewis and the News/Juliette (Lewis) and the Licks/ Juliette Morris from Newsround = Juliette Lewis and the News

Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf

OTM, and also sometimes Naomi Watts. Because I am apparently awful with one-syllable-preceded-by-Naomi names.

Will M., Wednesday, 19 September 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link

Darryl Jones/Busta "Cherry" Jones/Percy Jones/Percy Heath

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link

ian johnson and jon williams

bell_labs, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link

shirley maclaine/shelley winters

impudent harlot, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link

I ALWAYS say dishwasher when I mean washing machine. I know the difference between the objects and do not put plates through the permanent press cycle, yet you couldn't tell be listening to me talk.

Nubbelverbrennung, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link

This may have been covered in skipped posts, but when I open that in this thread, it kills my browser.

Gary Cole is not the same person as Gary Coleman.

Oilyrags, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Bob Mosley/Bob Moses

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link

For no good reason at all - Daniel Day Lewis and Gary Oldman.

Oilyrags, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C Reilly

wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link

Ha, when this thread came out the first time I meant to put
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Philip Baker Hall

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link

Cutty and Chaki.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link

Jorge Luis Borges and Victor Borge

snoball, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link

That reminds me that I also meant to post
Victor Borge/Victor Buono

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link

I can't tell you why, but Rafa Benitez and Jose Mourinho, for a while...

Will M., Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link

Clap & Clapton (Eric)

...O wait, wasn't the latter named initially as the former? Or am I confusing them both with syphilis?

t**t, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Al Pacino/Robert DeNiro

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link

Jenni Murray
Libby Purves

But I know they don't look like each other.

Zoe Espera, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link


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