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1. (n.) malapropism
a confused use of words in which an appropriate word is replaced by one with similar sound but ludicrously inappropriate meaning.
2. malapropism
an instance of this, as in “Lead the way and we'll precede.”
Etymology: (1840–50; after Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775))
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1. (noun) malapropism, malaprop
the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
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1. (noun) malapropism
a grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used
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