On 24 May, Bill Palmer reported (on ADS-L) a nice classical malapropism, contiguous > contagious, in a letter to the editor of the Chapel Hill News: …Walgreen’s also purchased four contagious parcels at the intersection of… I then googled up a few more examples of “contagious parcels” and some of “48 contagious states” and “contagious countries”. … Continue reading Mrs. Malaprop lives!