What is 'ideallic'
By madraven06 on January 12, 2006 - 5:05pm
How often do you hear people use words that don't exist or, if they do, are out of context to the subject matter? Here are some of my favourites.
- I'm buying this dress because it's halfty percent off.
- Let's have lunch at Sophie's Choice Café.
- My week-end on the Sunshine Coast was ideallic.
I don't know who you hang with but I've never heard anyone use the term 'halfty' and, while the word 'choice' could have replaced 'Cosmic' in the Sophie's reference by accident, there seems little question in my mind that you actually meant 'idyllic' which is most certainly a real word.
For most people, I don't have to explain myself, but you seem like a nice but simple guy, so I'll make an exception:
Halfty percent - a cute slip of the tongue by a friend. I knew instantly that she was trying to say either "half off" or "50% off", but mashed the two together with amusing results.
Sophie's Choice Café - Another hilarious slip. Can you imagine it? It's so politically incorrect. "Sophie, are you going to have the salmon burger or the salad Nicoise?" Sophie: "I don't know, I just can decide." (Rent the film)
Ideallic I've heard this one on several occasions. It's a combination of Ideal and Idyllic which I like to think means something along the lines of "the greenest pastures possible", but who knows? (see http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/more.html )