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You may not know its name, but if you've heard it, you've burst out laughing like there’s no tomorrow. Because malapropism is hands-down one of the most hilarious linguistic mishaps with a powerful comic spell that no one is immune to. The term refers to the unintentionally humorous misuse or the distortion of a word or a phrase, especially when it’s a word which sounds very similar to the right one.
“Bone Apple Tea” is an iconic example which has a whole subreddit named after it. With a solid number of followers, 1 million, to be precise, this online community is Reddit’s powerhouse where people share some of the best malapropism sightings they’ve encountered themselves or spotted online and had to take a screenshot for everyone to see.
The group’s description says: “Like when the food hella good, you say bone apple tea, it's like french or some shit,” and there’s nothing left to add, so I leave the stage to your cringes and raised brows. Psst! After you’re done, be sure to check out our previous posts on Bone Apple Teas here and here, because you just can’t get enough of Tea, right?!
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#1
You’re So Eagle Testicle
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Snipped It In The Butt
#3
They Discuss Them
To find out more about Reddit’s powerhouse, Bored Panda reached out to the Bone Apple Tea subreddit’s moderator team who were happy to share some insights about the community. “It's been a pretty steady progression since we started,” the moderators said and added that “I don't think any of us expected to hit 1 million.” After 5 years from its creation, the subreddit has reached a solid 1M member count, but its audience is likely to continue soaring.
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Pedestrian
#5
Armored Dildo
#6
Incest
But there’s definitely a lot of work when it comes to keeping Bone Apple Tea’s content entertaining and making sure the community is constantly active. Turns out the moderator team has recently taken on a batch of new mods to help run the subreddit, as well as have a few bots running around to weed out misspellings.
“We have a list of banned words that are reposted at least 25 times a day—if we allowed them, our sub would be nothing but the same 5 malapropisms. By keeping the list, we try to ensure that there is enough variety for people to keep coming back,” they told us.
#7
Someone Is Selling “Access” On FB
Helena Houzarová 3 years ago
An axe grants you access to many places. It may be illegal access, but it's access nonetheless.
#8
Four Meal Your
#9
Cinnamons
Part of the success of Bone Apple Tea revolves around its whole concept that so many people find universally funny. The moderator team believes that “The English language in general is pretty funny—It's like it was designed specifically to confuse everyone.”
Moreover, “Malapropisms are in that niche where even if you are completely fluent in English, you still run the risk of using the wrong word and looking like a fool,” they said and added that “maybe people just want reassurance that they aren't alone.”
#10
Watch Out For Those Cycle Paths!
#11
Cow Zone
WritingSatyr 3 years ago
One step at a time… this a big leap out of the cow zone, we can’t rush the process.
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Alex Bailey 3 years ago
The folded pizza - calzone - is not pronounced the way they thought.
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#12
Don’t Sell My Nana Please
When asked about the future of the Bone Apple Tea community, the mod team said that they have created 2 new subs to deal with scenarios that allow homophones and typos, r/BoneAppleTee and r/BoneAppleTypo respectively. Turns out, the rules at the original Bone Apple Tea are pretty strict and they don’t allow any of these there. “We hope that they will grow to the same size as r/BoneAppleTea someday,” they said.
#13
Her... Mating Name?
#14
Human Hi-Breads
#15
50 Purse Cent
#16
Kind A Mints 🌱
#17
Laugh Yourself Thin On This Oh! Lip Tickle Machine?
#18
Incest
#19
I Hate People Who Ma Nipple Ate Others
#20
Caucasian
#21
Please Use Tongues To Pick Pastries
#22
Shrimps Camping
#23
I Don’t Have Enough Storage For All These Damn Giggle Bites
#24
Laughing Historically
#25
Egg Corn
#26
Mazel Tov Cocktail
CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago
When I was in roller derby, a teammate's derby name was Mazel Tov Cocktail (she was Jewish).
#27
Pastrami On A Beagle
#28
Shoplifters Will Be Prostituted!
#29
Portal Potties
#30
Use The Hand Fertilizer Please
#31
When You Don’t Care About The Reproductions…
#32
Filet Minion With Worst Assure Sauce
#33
Eating Raw Eggs Gives You Salmon Vanilla
#34
Glob Ladders
#35
"Coughing"... (Also, Really??)
Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
Okay, the real story here is the "wrong diagnosis". Apparently, this person was told by a doctor that they were goinmg to die, so they got a coffin. Then they got a second opinion and found out they're going to live. And how are they responding to this turn of events? "I wonder if I can get anything for this coffin now that I don't need it." Hey genius, you're still going to die - just not as soon.
#36
Jet I Mind Tricks
#37
Per Doesn't
#38
Wonder What Happened To The Chick Muck
#39
Foot Fetuses
Serial pacifist 3 years ago
All right, I admit, I am a foot fetus. I actually had two feet as a fetus. There, I got it off my chest!
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Erin S 3 years ago
There's a "chester drawers" on my local Craigslist right now. chester-61...8f-png.jpg 
Mary Peace 3 years ago
Usually it's a chest of draws. Makes me laugh too.
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Violet Smith 3 years ago
I once saw someone online describe someone else as a real "pre-Madonna." And "wallah" (instead of "voilà") is depressingly common.
Benjamin Thor Collier V 3 years ago
Good News! The state of Oregon ended math & reading requirements for high school graduates. Ergo, the dumbassery will continue for the foreseeable future...
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Yeah. Most of these are just speech to text errors, which isn't really funny.
Samantha Lomb 3 years ago (edited)
As a person who spent three years teaching at a university in the US, I don't think so. A LOT of students struggled with homophones and I remember having to read papers aloud to figure out what they meant. And this was pre- speech to text becoming widespread. Funnily enough my ESL kids rarely make such mistakes
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Duncan 3 years ago
Maybe I have an aptitude for it, but I was a really good speller when i was in year 3. So, i guess I am hoping all these people are very young because otherwise the education system has a lot to answer for.
Grace and Lucy 3 years ago
This many people with spelling and pronunciation issues is a troubling sign.
Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago
... Not to mention context and comprehension.... The expression "oh, my word!" comes to mind....
Load More Replies... Helena Houzarová 3 years ago
I'm pretty fluent in written English but these misspellings give me a very hard time. Most of the time I can't figure out what word is that supposed to be, probably because I don't know many accents and my pronounciation is a little off. That, children, is why grammar matters. At a certain level of incorrect grammar/spelling, you will NOT be understood.
GFSTaylor 3 years ago
Quite a lot of these mis-spellings happen because people hear a word spoken, but they don't do enough reading to know how it looks when written. The common confusion of 'tongs' and 'tongues' is an example. Also, with less reading, vocabularies are smaller. Some people just don't know the correct word for something, and just guess at something that sounds similar. So many don't seem to know that 'wander' and 'wonder' are two completely different words. I despair every time I read "He wondered aimlessly about the room."
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
When I was a child, I had to miss school one day because I needed to have an "autopsy".
Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago
I don't want to be insensitive, so I won't ask what you died of....
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Elizabeth Spalding 3 years ago
This happens a lot with the words flustered and frustrated; I have heard so many people say flustrated it's insane
Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
When I worked in an ER, we had a woman come in and said she thought she had "Spinal Moanin' Jesus."
Vivian Orr 3 years ago
This is by far the best post I've ever read. I made myself sick laughing. Sent it to about 16 friends and family.
I’m A Black Cat 3 years ago
I laughed waaay too hard at these! Had to control myself so my colleagues don't hear :D Thanks all you commenting, they made the posts even better
SirPatTheCat 3 years ago
I feel like you guys are overreacting to a list that has specifically collected spelling errors...I'm pretty sure this does not represent the majority of the population
CbusResident 3 years ago (edited)
In fairness, some of these may be a.) voice to text mistakes, where the person didn't stop to check how their phone's computer misinterpreted what they said before hitting send. I've definitely made that mistake. b.) People who've learned English as a second language. c.) (I suspect that this is most of them) People who didn't have access to a decent public school. I had access to good public schools as I grew up and I remember how the teachers had to force me to learn to use grammar properly through many tedious lessons, wherein I sometimes behaved well, but often dragged my feet and acted like an obnoxious little brat. Had I not had those patient, thick-skinned teachers where would I be? Making Ms. steaks and righting bad! That's where!
Karen Rauhina 1 year ago
Reading these made me laugh so much. Haven't had a good laugh in ages thank you so much
Patti Vance 3 years ago
the one that always gets me is when people refer to chickenpox as 'chicken pops'
Zak Rasten 3 years ago
Is a vampire who likes omelette and doesn't believe the Earth is spherical a Vlad oeuffer?
Samantha Lomb 3 years ago
You don't have to. Just try to read Chaucer. It is awful
Load More Replies... Erin S 3 years ago
There's a "chester drawers" on my local Craigslist right now. chester-61...8f-png.jpg
Mary Peace 3 years ago
Usually it's a chest of draws. Makes me laugh too.
Load More Replies... Violet Smith 3 years ago
I once saw someone online describe someone else as a real "pre-Madonna." And "wallah" (instead of "voilà") is depressingly common.
Benjamin Thor Collier V 3 years ago
Good News! The state of Oregon ended math & reading requirements for high school graduates. Ergo, the dumbassery will continue for the foreseeable future...
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Yeah. Most of these are just speech to text errors, which isn't really funny.
Samantha Lomb 3 years ago (edited)
As a person who spent three years teaching at a university in the US, I don't think so. A LOT of students struggled with homophones and I remember having to read papers aloud to figure out what they meant. And this was pre- speech to text becoming widespread. Funnily enough my ESL kids rarely make such mistakes
Load More Replies... Duncan 3 years ago
Maybe I have an aptitude for it, but I was a really good speller when i was in year 3. So, i guess I am hoping all these people are very young because otherwise the education system has a lot to answer for.
Grace and Lucy 3 years ago
This many people with spelling and pronunciation issues is a troubling sign.
Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago
... Not to mention context and comprehension.... The expression "oh, my word!" comes to mind....
Load More Replies... Helena Houzarová 3 years ago
I'm pretty fluent in written English but these misspellings give me a very hard time. Most of the time I can't figure out what word is that supposed to be, probably because I don't know many accents and my pronounciation is a little off. That, children, is why grammar matters. At a certain level of incorrect grammar/spelling, you will NOT be understood.
GFSTaylor 3 years ago
Quite a lot of these mis-spellings happen because people hear a word spoken, but they don't do enough reading to know how it looks when written. The common confusion of 'tongs' and 'tongues' is an example. Also, with less reading, vocabularies are smaller. Some people just don't know the correct word for something, and just guess at something that sounds similar. So many don't seem to know that 'wander' and 'wonder' are two completely different words. I despair every time I read "He wondered aimlessly about the room."
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
When I was a child, I had to miss school one day because I needed to have an "autopsy".
Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago
I don't want to be insensitive, so I won't ask what you died of....
Load More Replies... Elizabeth Spalding 3 years ago
This happens a lot with the words flustered and frustrated; I have heard so many people say flustrated it's insane
Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
When I worked in an ER, we had a woman come in and said she thought she had "Spinal Moanin' Jesus."
Vivian Orr 3 years ago
This is by far the best post I've ever read. I made myself sick laughing. Sent it to about 16 friends and family.
I’m A Black Cat 3 years ago
I laughed waaay too hard at these! Had to control myself so my colleagues don't hear :D Thanks all you commenting, they made the posts even better
SirPatTheCat 3 years ago
I feel like you guys are overreacting to a list that has specifically collected spelling errors...I'm pretty sure this does not represent the majority of the population
CbusResident 3 years ago (edited)
In fairness, some of these may be a.) voice to text mistakes, where the person didn't stop to check how their phone's computer misinterpreted what they said before hitting send. I've definitely made that mistake. b.) People who've learned English as a second language. c.) (I suspect that this is most of them) People who didn't have access to a decent public school. I had access to good public schools as I grew up and I remember how the teachers had to force me to learn to use grammar properly through many tedious lessons, wherein I sometimes behaved well, but often dragged my feet and acted like an obnoxious little brat. Had I not had those patient, thick-skinned teachers where would I be? Making Ms. steaks and righting bad! That's where!
Karen Rauhina 1 year ago
Reading these made me laugh so much. Haven't had a good laugh in ages thank you so much
Patti Vance 3 years ago
the one that always gets me is when people refer to chickenpox as 'chicken pops'
Zak Rasten 3 years ago
Is a vampire who likes omelette and doesn't believe the Earth is spherical a Vlad oeuffer?
Samantha Lomb 3 years ago
You don't have to. Just try to read Chaucer. It is awful
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