Jollificating

Mal·a·prop mæl əˌprɒp/ Pronunciation Key -

Pronunciation[mal-uh-prop]
–noun – Mrs. Malaprop: A character in Sheridan’s The Rival (1775), noted for her misapplication of words. [from malapropos.]

Word History:
"She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile" and "He is the very pineapple of politeness" are two of the absurd pronouncements from Mrs. Malaprop that explain why her name became synonymous with ludicrous misuse of language. A character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775), Mrs. Malaprop consistently uses language malapropos, that is, inappropriately. The word malapropos comes from the French phrase mal à propos, made up of mal, "badly," à, "to," and propos, "purpose, subject," and means "inappropriate."

The Rivals was a popular play, and Mrs. Malaprop became enshrined in a common noun, first in the form malaprop and later in malapropism, which is first recorded in 1849. Perhaps that is what Mrs. Malaprop feared when she said, "If I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!"

[Mrs. Malaprop examples]

• "O, he will dissolve my mystery!" [resolve]


• "He is the very pine-apple of politeness!" [pinnacle]


• "I have since laid Sir Anthony's preposition before her;" [proposition]

If anything, along with the fear of Alzheimer’s, my malapropism is chortled at by many dear friends. While I strive for an educated, tongue, my misrepresented mis-speak will ever prove I’m just a hillbilly from the Ozarks.

p.s.
chortled: chor·tle
Pronunciation verb, -tled, -tling, noun
–verb (used without object)-
to chuckle gleefully; to express with a gleeful chuckle, to chortle one’s joy.

Jollificating is not a real word. The correct word is ..jollification \jol-ih-fuh-KAY-shuhn\, noun: Merrymaking; festivity; revelry. It's also dictionary.com 's word of
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There will be varying levels of jollification today

due to today's date, April 1st.

Don't be fooled.

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Weekend Word Wrap by David - August 11, 2006 - 9:16 AM
As promised, today’s edition of the Weekend Word Wrap is on “malapropisms”—a word not to be confused with Bushisms. While George W. certainly has rattled off his fair share of them over the years (“We must always remember that all human beings begin life as a feces”), a Bushism shouldn’t be mistaken for a malapropism, nor vice-versa. Very often you’ll hear or read people using the the two interchangeably. The truth is, our president doesn’t usually speak in malapropisms. His “manglement” of the language is so unique, it needs its own term.