Apropisms

[Kallistero]

A "malapropism" is a misuse of a word. Therefore, an "apropism" must be its opposite, the correct use of a word. But why should such a concept dignify its own word? It's beneath mention! 

Well, what if, for instance:

• Instead of calling someone TALL, you called them LONG
• Instead of saying the 90s, you said the 1900s
• Instead of saying you ORDERED A PIZZA, you said that you SUMMONED A PIZZA 

By the definitions of these terms, they're all technically correct uses, though they might catch someone off guard. These are apropisms. They are a propos terms: totally correct, though maybe not what you expect. Perhaps you already use an apropism or two in your daily life. I know that whenever I'm about to cook something & I stage all of the materials, I don't call them ingredients. I call them sacrifices! 

So here, we can come up with & share apropisms, and maybe we can even use them in our daily lives! Catch your friends off guard, learn some new words, and with enough of them, we could even have our own Melonland dialect 

[Noah_S]

I don't like having to pause what I'm doing because the meatbag needs maintaining.

[puf]

oh i absolutely love saying these things.. i feel like it adds a little more whimsy to everyday life !!

instead of saying i'm waiting for the kettle to boil, i like to say i'm waiting for the water to become angry.

when i lose something around the house, it hasn't been misplaced .. it has wandered off, or it has been stolen by fairies
( it depends if it was something pretty or not )

a moth circling the lamp is attending an evening function.

putting flowers in a vase is giving them indoor accommodations.

when the wind blows all the leaves into my garden, the trees have sent me correspondence.

when i forget my tea and it becomes cold, it has quietly become iced tea.

when birds are being particularly loud outside, they are holding a public meeting.

when something rolls underneath the furniture, it has entered the underworld
( one of my cats loves hiding small objects under the furniture, so i call him "lord of the underworld" )

[Noah_S]

I don't charge my phone, I feed my phone.