Comments on: Nerd Word of the Day: Mondegreen http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/ Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: greatestpotential http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-148097 greatestpotential Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:05:30 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-148097 Peter Frampton Signed, sealed, delivered ... or is it (?) Science healed the liver ... I'm yours! Peter Frampton

Signed, sealed, delivered … or is it (?) Science healed the liver … I’m yours!

]]> By: roseax http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-142783 roseax Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:01:51 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-142783 "Blinded by the Light" is one of the ones where the mondegreen has become more well-known than the actual lyric (and might make more sense). Although the all-time classic is "Scuze me while I kiss the sky [this guy]." Jimi Hendrix eventually started singing the misheard version in concert by changing it to "scuze me while I kiss THAT guy." This one is for nerds only: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtphSIeMstY “Blinded by the Light” is one of the ones where the mondegreen has become more well-known than the actual lyric (and might make more sense). Although the all-time classic is “Scuze me while I kiss the sky [this guy].” Jimi Hendrix eventually started singing the misheard version in concert by changing it to “scuze me while I kiss THAT guy.”

This one is for nerds only: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtphSIeMstY

]]> By: distrahera http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-140725 distrahera Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:48 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-140725 This word is just beautiful! Speaking of "mishearings" and what someone though they heard just unsmoothens a conversation - mondegreen is a word I will put to good use =) This word is just beautiful! Speaking of “mishearings” and what someone though they heard just unsmoothens a conversation – mondegreen is a word I will put to good use =)

]]> By: greatestpotential http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-140068 greatestpotential Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:57:06 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-140068 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p6a7CiP2bM&feature=related" rel="nofollow">"wife's the same... i'm moving in... stereo..."</a> “wife’s the same… i’m moving in… stereo…”

]]> By: ljubezenx3 http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-136464 ljubezenx3 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:41:59 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-136464 I used to think "Another one bites the dust" was saying "another one rides the bus"....yeeeah, what a proud moment. :| I used to think “Another one bites the dust” was saying “another one rides the bus”….yeeeah, what a proud moment. :|

]]> By: guy neptune http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-134861 guy neptune Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:11:10 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-134861 INXS "Suicidal Blonde" Sounds like 'soup and salad bar.' INXS “Suicidal Blonde” Sounds like ‘soup and salad bar.’

]]> By: leonard http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-134806 leonard Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:19:49 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-134806 that song that sings...swing on with ling a ding :eek: that song that sings…swing on with ling a ding :eek:

]]> By: leonard http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-134805 leonard Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:17:59 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-134805 [palm]...like coconut and she's in my palm :lol: [palm]…like coconut and she’s in my palm :lol:

]]> By: frameshiftproductions http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-134789 frameshiftproductions Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:47:44 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-134789 Justin Timberlake "Last Night" <i>...crossed your s**t for you<i> Actual lyric <i>...crossed an ocean for you<i> Fall Out Boy "America's Suitehearts" <i>Doesn't want to hurt her heart. Medium bliss<i> Actual lyric <i>Down, set, one. Hut, hut, hike. Media blitz<i> Blink-182 "All The Small Things" <i>I'll take one lick<i> Actual lyric <i>I'll take one lift<i> Tears For Fears "Break It Down Again" <i>...the beauty of the gay<i> Actual lyric <i>...the beauty of decay<i> Hannah Montana "Rock Star" <i>Tai chi practices, no more champions<i> Actual lyric <i>Tai chi practices, snowboard champion<i> Jimmy Eat World "Bleed American" <i>Soft serve sugar on the asphalt. Uh-huh littering the topsoil. Truth is...forget about your potpourri<i> Actual lyric <i>Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt. Our hearts littering the topsoil. Tune in...The picket line or the parade<i> The Killers "Spaceman" <i>And they're sipping White Lightning<i> Actual lyric <i>And they're zipping white light beams<i> Matt & Kim "Daylight" <i>We cut the legs off and our hands threw watches into the ocean<i> Actual lyric <i>We cut the legs off of our pants. Threw our shoes into the ocean. Passion Pit "Sleepyhead" <i>And you said, we all light fires around the grill<i> Actual lyric <i>And you said, it was like fire around the brim<i> Shinedown "Second Change" <i>I just saw Haley's Comet shooting<i> Actual lyric <i>I just saw Haley's Comet. She waved<i> Timbaland & Fall Out Boy "One & Only" <i>Now, it starts with words<i> Actual lyric <i>I wear scarves and hoods<i> Justin Timberlake “Last Night” …crossed your s**t for you
Actual lyric …crossed an ocean for you

Fall Out Boy “America’s Suitehearts” Doesn’t want to hurt her heart. Medium bliss
Actual lyric Down, set, one. Hut, hut, hike. Media blitz

Blink-182 “All The Small Things” I’ll take one lick
Actual lyric I’ll take one lift

Tears For Fears “Break It Down Again” …the beauty of the gay
Actual lyric …the beauty of decay

Hannah Montana “Rock Star” Tai chi practices, no more champions
Actual lyric Tai chi practices, snowboard champion

Jimmy Eat World “Bleed American” Soft serve sugar on the asphalt. Uh-huh littering the topsoil. Truth is…forget about your potpourri
Actual lyric Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt. Our hearts littering the topsoil. Tune in…The picket line or the parade

The Killers “Spaceman” And they’re sipping White Lightning
Actual lyric And they’re zipping white light beams

Matt & Kim “Daylight” We cut the legs off and our hands threw watches into the ocean
Actual lyric We cut the legs off of our pants. Threw our shoes into the ocean.

Passion Pit “Sleepyhead” And you said, we all light fires around the grill
Actual lyric And you said, it was like fire around the brim

Shinedown “Second Change” I just saw Haley’s Comet shooting
Actual lyric I just saw Haley’s Comet. She waved

Timbaland & Fall Out Boy “One & Only” Now, it starts with words
Actual lyric I wear scarves and hoods

]]> By: leonard http://hotforwords.com/2009/06/01/nerd-word-of-the-day-mondegreen/#comment-134774 leonard Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:28:19 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4836#comment-134774 [thirst] [thirst]

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