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schrectacular | 1 month ago

As much as it angers me to say it, I do believe it is an eggcorn.

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nkrisc|1 month ago

I agree, though remarkably it’s an eggcorn that is still sort of correct on its own.

daotoad|1 month ago

This usage is a double misunderstanding, it gets both the phonetics of homing and the mechanics of sharpening a blade wrong.

It’s like calling someone a “stropping young lad”.