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Word: malapropian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Word-wise George Smathers was said to have won over back-country Floridians by malapropian innuendo. Gasped Smathers righteously: "Claude Pepper is known all over Washington as a shameless extravert! Not only that, but this man had to matriculate before he could go to college, and he has a sister who was once a Thespian in wicked New York. Worst of all, it is an established fact that Mr. Pepper, before his marriage, habitually practiced celibacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: Red & Rip | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

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