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by scoot 2806 days ago
> Since this is going to be a great pass time

I thought this was a fantastic eggcorn[1], until I realized that it is the actualy origin of the word 'pastime'. So, it sort of is, but isn't at the same time.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

1 comments

Thanks for introducing me to a new linguistic trivia!