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Q. Pheevr
q_pheevr
29 Januar 2005 @ 14:13
*Craven  
Idiomatic expression:
stark raving mad
Attested eggcorns:
star-craving mad
stark raven mad
Unattested qua eggcorn (hapax legomenon qua pun):
star craven mad

The idea that madness has anything to do with either longing for or fearing celestial bodies is, of course, lunacy.

 
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wolfangel78[info]wolfangel78 on 29. Januar, 2005 12:01 (UTC)
I was trying to decide if it was big ball of gas or celebrity. I rather liked the idea, though.

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Q. Pheevr: Sir Loodabert Comma[info]q_pheevr on 29. Januar, 2005 13:09 (UTC)

Well, the final scene of Ibsen's Gengangere strongly supports the "big ball of gas" reading:

Mor, mor! Gi meg solen!

If anyone was ever star-craving mad, surely it was Osvald Alving.

Carlos: A Skientifick Person Frolicking[info]augustus_yaffle on 30. Januar, 2005 12:59 (UTC)
Good evening,
You've been recommended to me by our mutual friend [info]abenn, who thinks we'd have fun "batting language issues around together".

Well, I'm not sure I know what she means by that and anyway, as any fule kno, she hav a face like a squished tomato. (Anne, if you're reading this, don't fly into a bate!)

Anyway, mind if I add you?
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Q. Pheevr[info]q_pheevr on 30. Januar, 2005 15:27 (UTC)
Not at all; please feel free to do so.