[secret garden]

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

My favorite examples of catechresis are the misuses of affect and effect for each other.

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[martin_fierro]

catachresis • \kat-uh-KREE-sis\ • noun
1. use of the wrong word for the context
2. use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech
Example sentence:
The paper printed a correction for the previous day's catachresis: dubbing a local artist-philanthropist a "socialist" when they meant "socialite."

Eh, no harm, no foul.

[MortMan]

Democrats for secrecy call,
They shoo the public into the hall,
A catachresis in demo speech,
For "ethics" they shrilly, constantly screech,
But what they mean is "Give to me ALL"!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Bronze?

[TheGrimReaper]

Top 100?

[evad]

catcharesis--the ability to nab little monkeys

[TheGrimReaper]

The media engages in perpetual catechresis when they refer to Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Leahy and The Swimmer as "Senators" when, in fact, they are merely lying a$$holes.

[Robert A Cook PE]

When I went to St Thomas Moore elementary school, we had catechrecess every morning, immediately after cathechism class and before math.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Boy, I'm glad "I" never got caught caterechesting any words!

[Texan5]

Morning! I'm turning in my homework on my way to work-back later-

The 'rat party provides plentiful examples
Of today's WFTD-
It seems there is catachresis
In much of what they say

Calling the Plame game a leak
When it's really only a drip
Put out by a couple of weasels
Wanting to take a power trip

Calling Hillary a senator
When they know she has an itch
To be queen and not a watchdog-
We know she's really a bitch

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Go to pieces.
Your thesis?
Catachesis.
Malaproply,catachresis!
Speechless, ceases.

On that note, I think I have a headache.

[NeoCaveman]

Would the "secure border initiative" be an example of catachresis or are they finally getting series?

[A-10]

Good morning!

catachresis sounds like what the kids were doing for halloween.

[Dutchgirl]

I think Biden's Catechism was full of catechresis. He says "pontificate" as though it's a bad thing and somehow, he's confused a means of sanctification with strangulation.

"If I'm the nominee, Republicans will be sorry," he said. "The next Republican that tells me I'm not religious I'm going to shove my rosary beads down their throat.

"I am so sick and tired of this pontificating about us not being the party of faith," said Biden, a Roman Catholic who has served in the Senate since the Nixon administration

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Harry Reid's brain--a useless prosthesis
Good for naught but a catachresis
"Shed light on war," he proposed
But the session was closed
He sucks his thumb and has bad enuresis

[xsmommy]

This word makes me think of Norm Crosby!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Socialist instead of socialite - now that is funny!

Good morning

[NeoCaveman]

Catachresis.

The nice Chinese family across the street is converting from Buddhism, but first they must complete catachresis crass.

[MoochPooch]

The mention of Hillary Clinton as a "socialite" rather than "socialist" is to me an even bigger catachresis.