i've always said "figment of my imagination"... but a while ago i heard someone say "pigment of my imagination"... it's figment isn't it? surely this person said this by accident? see, now i'm starting to question things... :)
2006-09-05 14:13:18 · 4 answers · asked by hmbn 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yes they did. They have been created a malapropism.
That's when you substitute a similar sounding word for another.
The term was named after a fictional character called 'Mrs. Malaprop' from a play by Sheriden. It roughly translates to used to a bad purpose (although the good folks at Wiki give it a different translation)
The right term is figment. Pigment refers to colour.
2006-09-05 14:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pigment Of Imagination
2016-11-12 05:46:29 · answer #2 · answered by haper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figment means "made up or fabricated", i.e. like figment of my imagination, which is correct. Pigment is a color, not to be used as above. Yes, that person was incorrect.
2006-09-05 14:17:44 · answer #3 · answered by kelee 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's figment
2006-09-05 14:19:28 · answer #4 · answered by eric g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - it is figment.
Pigment has to do with skin color
2006-09-05 14:18:20 · answer #5 · answered by Chrissy: The Angry Typer a/k/a Mood Mole 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The correct word is "figment."
Princeton University defines figment:
"a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination" "
2006-09-05 14:16:42 · answer #6 · answered by Sabina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase 'pigment of imagination' was created and used by author Terry Pratchett.
Pratchett, who died in March 2015, writes in his first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, that octarine is “the King Colour, of which all the lesser colours are merely partial and wishy-washy reflections. It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination, because wherever it appeared it was a sign that mere matter was a servant of the powers of the magical mind. It was enchantment itself. But Rincewind always thought it looked a sort of greenish-purple.”
2016-01-09 04:02:49 · answer #7 · answered by Zoey K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is figment of the imagination and pigment is the color or shade of something.
2006-09-05 14:19:44 · answer #8 · answered by yummymummy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's figment - unless you have a colorful imagination.
2006-09-05 18:04:19 · answer #9 · answered by Bob G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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They say that, because they have the belief that in "god's eyes" we are not good... which right away sets a standard that is impossible to beat, by reasonable standards, there are more good people than there are bad, otherwise society (as chaotic as it seems now) would be more chaotic than it is. I would also challenge, that by "god's standards" (yahwe's I'm assuming), we are more moral than the god of the bible in many ways. Most people today wouldn't ever condone stoning of children, unbelievers, witches, gays, adulterers, or people who work on the sabbath.
2016-03-28 22:21:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋