You’ve been a busy camper
Posted: August 19, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: busy as a beaver, expressions, happy camper, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, words 2 CommentsThis was seen on a Facebook post. It’s a nice mash up of “busy as a beaver” (very busy) and “happy camper” (happy person). The words beaver and camper have the same number of letters and similar sounds that probably added to the confusion. Of course, maybe the person really meant to describe a very busy happy person! Thanks to Vicki Ameel-Kovacs for sending this one in.
I’d suggest, unless you want to get smacked across the face, to never mash the two up and tell a woman she’s a “happy beaver.” Oh, that’s gonna leave a mark!
Yes, that would indeed be a MALaphor.