This was going to be some bit of linguistic drift or reformation or such that I shrugged my shoulders at and moved on with, expecting I would eventually live to see "hone in on" become the new canon.
But per the Google ngram viewer, it seems like it's actually fallen off in the last decade (at least in written published language).
Escape goat or A doggy-dog world Let’s celebrate our #linguistic quirks together—without blame, just pure creative joy #Wordplay #LanguageLovers #blogs #CreativeWriting #Lingo #Puns #Lit #Text #Eggcorns #Malapropisms #subscribe
https://jiteshbalakrishnan.blog/2025/03/13/eggcorns-dive-into-the-witty-world-of-misheard-words/
Interesting post on Irish eggcorns, such as "*ceoltas" for "comhaltas". I added one in a comment: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=65014
If you're unfamiliar with "eggcorn", the term originated here: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html
Somebody get this list of Powerful English Phrases to a beloved MAGAt STAT!
The Eggcorn Database » Browse eggcorns
https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/browse-eggcorns/ #eggcorns #linguistics
just saw the eggcorn "cache all" for "catchall" #linguistics #phonetics #languagechange #eggcorns
I found this video to be #interesting and #funny. I know I use some of these #eggcorns because they are easy mistakes to make:
I am sure that there are a lot more which didn't make it on his list. I enjoy his YouTube channel in general.
Just watched a video where the creator mentioned the Leidenfrost effect, but the captions render it as “light and frost” effect.
TikTik captions are an eggcorn machine.
"A sign of relief" #eggcorns
Count Arthur Strong
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6e65ma
#eggcorns
"Buy for all intensive purposes these are still both..."
pushing #Eggcorns onto a completely new level
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
She: "...where the river meets the road."
Me: "That's not how that works."
She: "Right! Because we have bridges." #eggcorns
