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Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by pjc50 on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @04:49AM (#13819169)
> ruff shot

"Rough shod", before we get another mondegreen propagating across the internet.

Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by cat199 on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @10:20AM (#13820810)
As a case of point - as a matter in fact For all intensive purposes this article peaked my interest because by in large it addressed a deep ceded issue with app updates
Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by ryandrake on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @10:54AM (#13821045)
Thank you! As a fellow "Correct Idiom Usage Nazi" that made my day. Have an upvote :)
Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by retbull on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @12:26PM (#13821739)
Holy crap its `deep ceded` not `deep seated`?
Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by xsmasher on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @01:29PM (#13822364)
No - the comment was full of intentional errors. "matter in fact" "For all intensive purposes" "peaked my interest" "by in large" "deep ceded"
Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by Cpoll on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @12:52PM (#13821989)
No, the reply was filled with eggcorns / mondegreens, i.e. misheard idioms.
Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by spudlyo on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @12:23PM (#13821707)
Heh, nice! I'm a big fan of eggcorns[1] and your post is positively teaming with them!

[1]: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net

Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by jacobolus on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @05:42AM (#13819380)
To be more precise, the idiom is typically “ride roughshod over” rather than “run ...”, and roughshod is typically written as one word.

Roughshod means the horseshoes have their nails sticking out the bottom to help prevent slipping, so you can imagine trampling someone with those could be painful.

Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by throwanem on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @06:05AM (#13819469)
Horses are heavy. Being trampled by one is going to be injurious or lethal regardless of whether or how it is shod. (Most horses will go far out of their way to avoid trampling a human, though; cavalry horses had to be carefully trained into it. Treading deliberately on one's foot is another matter, but, like some humans, some horses are just assholes.)

The idiom refers more to what a roughshod horse will do to a road or trail surface; the nailheads dig in and scatter surface material every which way, leaving behind a hell of a mess that'll turn to deep slush or sticky mud, depending on the temperature, with the next precipitation.

Re:Apple starts rejecting apps with “hot code push” features by joshuahutt on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @06:24PM (#13824983)
I always thought they were Eggcorns.

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/