malapropism

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• a type of slip of the ear in which people mishear a word and mispronounce it, then insist that the malapropism is correct. Eggcorns: Folk Etymology Creating New Meanings Every Day
• Of these, errors in sound, usually called malapropisms, are probably the best known.
• The funniest malapropisms and turns of phrase tend to be unintentional bloopers.
• It would appear that the recession — or “the reception” as my malapropism-prone pal Milly De Cabrol, the interior-decorating genius, keeps calling it — has increased, rather than decreased, the lemminglike stampede into the World of Fashion. The Blond and the Short of It: Rachel Zoe Poaches My Fashion Week Klieg Lights
• Apparently Fowler considered this to be a malapropism as they sounded similar.
• His verbal miscues and malapropisms are the natural consequence of a man struggling with internal contradictions and a lack of self-knowledge.
• At a White House ceremony where he signed the $417 billion defense spending bill for the 2005 fiscal year, Bush uttered another of his celebrated malapropisms.
• The effect of a malapropism is usually humorous, but it can highlight quite profound connections between things.
• I do appreciate cultural artifacts, however, my appreciation includes a recognition of irony, and I mean irony in its strictest sense, not as a malapropism for sarcasm or smug insincerity.
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