The term mind-boggling describes something that has a powerful effect on the mind. Sometimes it’s misunderstood as mind-bottling, an eggcorn popularized by a Will Farrell movie. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Mind-Boggling vs. Mind-Bottling”
We’ve talked about egg corns on the show before. This is where somebody gets a phrase wrong, but the thing they get it wrong as kind of makes a little bit of sense too.
Yeah, like spreading like wild flowers instead of wildfires. That’s right.
So this one is mind bottling, B-O-T-T-L-I-N-G, instead of mind-boggling.
And it was used, I think, in a Will Ferrell movie, so that it’s got a little bit of impetus and oomph on that. But you do see people saying mind-boggling and not realizing that it’s incorrect. It should be mind-boggling.
Oh, man.
Mind-boggling. A mind-boggling error. Like, it closes up your mind and makes you not think of the true answer. I don’t even know. It’s kind of a mind-boggling term.
I love it. Mind-boggling.
