I'm reading John Dufresne's Deep in the Shade of PARADiSE, and there are a number of malapropisms that pop out of the mouths of characters in the book. One of my favorites:
Ouida said, "Alvin Lee first noticed me when I was Queen of Vacation Bible School and he was preaching on The Song of Solomon, and he called me up to the front of the tent and asked could I sing a song to Jesus Christ, my personal Lord and Savior, and I reckoned I could and I sang acapulco - you know, without music - sang 'The Solid Rock.' "
I was reminded that a good friend had told me about a co-worker of his who misused words unintentionally in a humorous fashion and emailed him the above. He got back to me with one his co-worker's classics:
"I went to dinner at the Coronary (Culinary) Institute."
Anyone here heard any good ones?
edit - Joan, my wife, recently informed me that the word malapropism comes from Mrs. Malaprop, a character who misused words in R.B Sheridan's play, The Rivals.