Malapropism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound.
  • n. An example of such misuse.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar sounding one.
  • n. An instance of this; malaprop.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or habit of misapplying words through an ambition to use fine language.
  • n. A word so misapplied.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    misstatement   
    Cross Reference
    mondegreen    eggcorn    Examples of malapropisms    spoonerism    folk etymology   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    malaprop   
     
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