Don't Baste that Lamb!

I will not argue with the point this author is making, because I agree with here that there is just too, too much hysteria on the topic of "child pornography". However, I did have to pause a bit to enjoy this interesting new eggcorn variant on the word "lambaste", for which "lamblast" and "lambash" are already documented. "Basted with what?" might be the operative question here. (And whatever to say about "predatorial"?)

Child pornography laws were implemented as a means of protecting underage children from predatorial sexual attacks — NOT to lamb baste children and young people who are willingly exposing themselves.

[Danielle Cavallucci: "Sexting the Way to Fairer Regard for the Feminine Form", Huffington Post, 5 April 2009.]

Posted on April 5, 2009 at 21.53 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Laughing Matters, Such Language!

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Sunday, 5 April 2009 at 23.30
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    Uh, before I even got to "lamb basting," I was led to ask, "Underage children, as opposed to . . . overage children?"

    I don't know about Cavallucci's neck of the woods, but in mine children are all underage — and of course, above average.

  2. Written by chris
    on Monday, 6 April 2009 at 08.02
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    rosemary.

    and mint sauce once out of the oven.

  3. Written by Bill Morrison
    on Monday, 6 April 2009 at 15.33
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    S.W.: and, in your neck of the woods, are all the men good looking too?

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