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marcosscriven ◴[] No.45259041[source]
Side note - “full-proof” is an eggcorn of “foolproof”.
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1. NoPicklez ◴[] No.45259063[source]
And eggcorn means "a word or phrase that results from a mishearing or misinterpretation of another, an element of the original being substituted for one which sounds very similar (e.g. tow the line instead of toe the line )."

I'd never heard of it before