Careered, not careened

Malapropism in The monks who keep coming to blows, page 3, G2, November 11: “On Sunday, brawling priests and Israeli paramilitary police careened through the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem”. We meant careered. Careen: (1) to sway or cause to sway dangerously over to one side; (2) to cause a vessel to keel over to one side, especially in order to clean or repair its bottom (Collins). Link

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This entry was written by Craig Silverman, posted on November 19, 2008 at 8:00 am, filed under Newspapers and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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