Solecism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A nonstandard usage or grammatical construction.
  • n. A violation of etiquette.
  • n. An impropriety, mistake, or incongruity.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Erroneous or improper usage; absurdity.
  • n. Error in the use of language.
  • n. In written language, the intentional use of misspelling and/or incorrect grammar to effect the vernacular of a particular dialect.
  • n. A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.
  • n. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A gross deviation from the settled usages of grammar; a gross grammatical error, such as “I done it” for “I did it.”
  • n. Loosely, any small blunder in speech.
  • n. Any unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in behavior; a violation of the conventional rules of society.
  • n. An incongruity; an inconsistency; that which is incongruous with the nature of things or with its surroundings; an unnatural phenomenon or product; a prodigy; a monster.
  • n. Synonyms Barbarism, etc. See impropriety.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a socially awkward or tactless act
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    boo-boo    fuckup    bloomer    foul-up    pratfall   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    barbarism    absurdity    impropriety    error    blunder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    indecorum    vulgarism    misstatement    anachronism    illegality   
     
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