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Word | Malapropism |
the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar / a comical or embarrassing misuse of words / A grotesque misuse of a word / comic misuse of a word / a wine merchant. / an amusing error that occurs when a person mistakenly uses a word that sounds like another word but that has a very different meaning, | |
Usage | ⇒ When Mrs. Maiaprop criticizes Lydia for being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile," she confuses "allegory"and "alligator" in a typical malapropism. ⇒ Never mind that the vast majority of vintners and tasters and sommeliers are men. |
Synonyms | antiphrasis, barbarism, corruption, figure of speech, malaprop, misuse, infelicity, missaying, bull, catachresis, howler, misusage, pun, solecism, abuse, abuse of terms, acrostic, alliteration, allusion, amphibologism, |
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