Floating Chamber Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Shooting Malapropisms. Here's a few I have heard over the years. I'll keep the best for page 10! Malapropism Correct Term Injectors Ejectors Pornograph Chronograph Wembley Webley 2.2 .22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breastman Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Weapon - Firearm Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 u/o instead of o/u hi-viz instead of hv's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin2 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 smith & western instead of smith & wesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Tactical = Small-willy, big wallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookbones Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) too many.... the 1 that always crawed at me was ppl asking for an ox spring for a winerack hw80 oh yh as said smith&weston... how is such a small thing capable of angrying up my blood so? Edited March 22, 2010 by hookbones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 kill. loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 hornby - hornady, butt - stock, butt pad - heel plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 And my all time pet hate, triple two fifty! the luddites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groach1234 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 One of my dads friend who only got into shooting a year or so ago called his forend his 'front stock' it took me, my dad and the man in the shop a second to click as to what he was on about George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhw100 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 my dyselexic mate always calls the b.a.s.c -BSA which is well annoying! and the Falcon prarie B 'priere' he never listened at school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonySmith Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 my dyselexic mate always calls the b.a.s.c -BSA which is well annoying! and the Falcon prarie B 'priere' he never listened at school! My dyslexic mate was a devil worshipper, he sold his soul to Santa..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) Bullet HEAD!! Call it the bullet, the projectile or even missile, I don't mind but please not bullet HEAD!!! Edited March 22, 2010 by SSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 2.2 .22 1.77 is another Thats one hell of a big calibre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) With out trying to cause offence and I normally do the Suffolk people are fantastic at miss pronunciation, !!!! my late father-in-law was the nicest man you could meet but had me in fits many times, my brother in law came over from Germany (he lives there) to visit when he was leaving his parents house via the front porch when he banged and broke his little toe, he was crippled with pain, well I laughed straight away and my father-in-law shouted out, take him up the "A & M" --- A & M we all said yes he replied, Accident and Mergency My missus and her mum insist on calling shops and places by something different, we have a shop called "Dunelms" they pronounce it "Dulems" it drives me crazy, we have whole conversations about things and places that don't exist or are called something completely different, frustrating or what , Ive lived in Suffolk for 15 years and by now I reckon I should be used to it but nope it still pee's me off Alan Not shooting I know but funny!! Edited March 22, 2010 by Alanl50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) Beretta Tenkys Gold instead of Teknys Whoop whoop. Hello Rob :P :lol: Krigehoff, instead of Kreighoff. Whoop whoop . Hello Timps Edited March 22, 2010 by Chard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 pidgeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colster Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 A guy I used to work with was good for these, here's a couple of his finest When discussing the benefits of leaving something in plain view - "...then it acts as a criminal detergent" My personal fave - When advising care in a dangerous situation - "..you'll be skating thin to the wind if you do" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 The other day i commented to the wife there was spawn in the pond but i wasn't sure if it was frog or toad as i couldn't remember which was strings and which was clumps. she said "ohh and I thought your fancied yourself as a naturist" When the the kids were small there was a scare about hormones in baby milk causing infertility. The same lady said "did you hear about milk powder causing infidelity?" not shooting related but pretty funny. cheers Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bothbarrels Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 MISSED-******! BB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Lamber ZB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 My late uncle was good with these (non shooting related). He had a good sense of humour and was a merciless ****-taker. He would deliberately say something wrong in the company of pedantic bores. It was incredible to watch the agony on their faces as they tried to manipulate the conversation, so that they could reintroduce the word or phrase correctly. It's like they couldn't relax until they had "showed" him the right way :P Some of his favourites were : Lulling someone into a false sense of insecurity (instead of security) That dog's gone beresk (instead of beserk) It's gone owery (deliberate mispronunciation of awry) She's had to go in for an ex-directomy (instead of hysterectomy) And many more. Very hard to keep a straight face in a conversation, if you noticed what he was up to :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) The one that really gets my goat is "CLAY TARGET" Edited March 23, 2010 by MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Nothing to do with shooting whatsoever but the old Ronnie Barker sketch about "The Ministry For Mispronounciation" springs straight to mind here (What a brilliantly clever man he was). Can anyone else remember it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Nothing to do with shooting whatsoever but the old Ronnie Barker sketch about "The Ministry For Mispronounciation" springs straight to mind here (What a brilliantly clever man he was). Can anyone else remember it? name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="385"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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