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Bookmark or Share- terminology - “Let's burn that bridge when we come to it” – is this ...Seems these are called malaphors. Definition: An informal term for a blend of two aphorisms, idioms, or clichés (such as "That's the way the cookie bounces").
- "I use to", or "I used to" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchangethe other, maybe more likely, possibility is that this entry in the NOAD is out of date. I am quite sure that "It didn't use to be like that" is generally accepted in American English nowadays, but it might not have been 15 years ago when the NOAD was first being compiled.
- What is a toit? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeA toit is the French word for "roof" and I've got this "folk etymology" to propose. It's absolutely unverified and even denied by proponents of the theory that rhyme reduplications are mostly driven by rhymes rather than by meaning.
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