This provided me with a real springstone to learn this new position
Posted: April 19, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bruce Springsteen, expressions, humor, language, malaphor, malaphors, springboard, stepping stone, words Leave a commentThis gem was heard by the (un)Civil Professor of Malaphors, Martin Pietrucha. This is a congruent conflation of “springboard” and “stepping stone”, both describing something that launches a career or activity. The word “springstone” reminded Martin of an old 80s EP record, Bruce Springstone: Live at Bedrock, which has a couple of songs on it done by the fictional Bruce Springstone who mashes up Springsteen and the Flintstones. Great listening if you have never heard it:
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