New Freeperism alert: "baited breath" for "bated breath"

[yellowcanine]

To: i_dont_chat
“There are people out there who know the truth — and the truth will come out.”

You bet your backside there are folks in the know!! My bet is PUTIN,CHAVEZ,IMMANUTJOB, CHINA and every enemy of the United States knows the truth and are waiting with baited breath to blackmail our POTUS ELECT.

25 posted on Friday, December 05, 2008 8:56:55 PM by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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I know "bait" is listed as a variant of "bate" in the OED but I still think it is an ignorant usage if one considers the meaning of the words.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Stocking Freepers are you?

[Cobalt-60]

11. I couldn't recommend that

There's not the demand there once was.

[Occam Bandage]

2. What country is Mr. China the leader of?

Anyway, "baited breath" is a very common mistake, like "tow the line," "bellweather," and "low and behold." More irritating than amusing.

[jberryhill]

8. Christine O'Donnell, who was Biden's senate opponent here in DE....

Has campaign materials accusing Barack Obama of "cow towing to foreign leaders".

Those leaders must have been impressed... like... "Hey, look, here comes Barack Obama and he's bringing a cow with him."

[Occam Bandage]

10. Hey, I'm all for a return to undeveloped-society gifting protocol.

"Mr. Putin, I understand our countries have had their differences in the past, and that you take our deployment of a missile defense shield to be an unacceptably aggressive action. We understand your concerns, and offer a gift of two hundred thousand prize cows, along with my oldest daughter, as a sign of goodwill and a marker of everlasting peace. Please take this cow, here, in a ceremonial acceptance for the cameras."

[jberryhill]

13. Had the same thought...

With enough camels and goats, towing them to the middle east might go a long way toward solving some real problems.

[NoPasaran]

17. In Soviet Russia, cow tows you!

[tabasco]

20. LOL!

There's a good one.

[SoxFan]

25. Cow towing

[ashling]

3. Obviously you have never been that close to one

Baited breath is probably appropriate ...

at least its more concise than
strong enough to knock a buzzard off a shitwagon at 20 paces breath

[CoffeeCat]

4. The cure for "baited breath"...

[catnhatnh]

5. I am waiting with bated breath.....

...for the simple explanation...Which is that "bated" breath is an old english shortcut to "abated" breath....meaning that when eagerly awaiting something you might tend to "hold your breath". Baited breath refers to either the most serious anchovy pizza ever known or a tendency for ones breath to smell like rotting mackerel:see lobster bait...

[Arugula Latte]

6. Meanwhile, the economy is in TATERS!

[EFerrari]

12. It's ciaos!

lol

[madinmaryland]

18. And those silly freepers are casting asparagus again!! SERIESLY!!

[tabasco]

23. LOLOL!

Idaho's going BOOM!

[JuniperLea]

24. Your preeching to the quier:)

I'm series!

[Ishoutandscream2]

30. Shattered, shattered

Shadoobie.

I know, "shattered" doesn't rhyme with "taters," but I had to do it.

[zehnkatzen]

36. Oh Boy!!! 'Cause, mmmmmm, taters! B-) n/t

[Whisp]

7. breath so raunch you can stick a hook in it.

[MilesColtrane]

9. Following in their leader's footsteps?

[JimGinPA]

14. I Wonder If "Baited Breath" Has Something To Do With Sushi?

[camera obscura]

15. It's enough to make you wanna emulate yourself!

[TrogL]

16. Craftygal says that's what my breath smells like when I've been eating pickled herring

[jrtesq]

19. Freepers wouldn't even make good chum n/t

[jenmito]

21. Kind of o/t, but I read on their site that the only reason Obama chose Hillary for SoS is because

she must have something "really big" on him-like the truth about his birth certificate.

[acmavm]

22. My Mom would fit in real well with that crowd. One Sunday, when I was in

third grade at St. John's Catholic Grade School on 25th & California Street (now gone), I got knuckled on the head during Mass (we had to attend with our class every Sunday) because of something my Mom said to someone (obviously one of my brothers) in frustration while trying to get us out the door. I think it was my brother John who was messing with her (he hated Mass) and finally she got so pissed off she told him that he was

"as useless as tits on a board"

Oh well, that gave me the giggles to this day. When I think back to that incident, I start giggling again. Just picture that in your mind.

[Arugula Latte]

27. Are you sure she didn't say: "As uselss as tits on a boar?"

That would make more sense ... A male pig (boar) wouldn't be able to suckle the piglets.

Sounds like one of those old timey sayings that originated in our agrarian past.

[acmavm]

34. Nope, I know she didn't. Because I KNEW what the correct saying was.

But all through Mass all I could picture was two big mammaries nailed to a 2 x 4.

[Arugula Latte]

39. Okay ... That IS funny.

[whistler162]

26. Only problem I see is no extra T in batted....

batted breath... breath so bad that it will knock you over as if it was a bat! Probably accurate for some Freepers!

[Piperay]

28. Freepers "hurd" that somewhere. nt

[anigbrowl]

29. Regrettably a widespread spelling error. Seen it here too.

[ecstatic]

35. I've never typed that expression before...

or even seen it written anywhere. I can't say for sure that I wouldn't have had an issue with it too if I did attempt to use it.

I don't think bait/bate is a good enough freeperism!!

[spoony]

31. Egg-corns!

Love 'em

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net /

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/53/baited /

[proud patriot]

32. That's one I might have missed

[LostinVA]

33. I've seen that one on here and IRL, so I can't mock them too much

[HCE SuiGeneris]

37. Their ingrant.

[and-justice-for-all]

38. ...

[Orsino]

40. Unless you're making a dreadful pun about the Diet of Worms, of course. n/t

[janx]

41. Just today, I saw GOGGLE (for google) and VIRILE (for viral)!! n/t