Malapropism Mnemonic
Explore definitions and mnemonics for malapropism.
malapropism
malapropism
/ˈmæləpɹɒpɪzəm/
malaprop
Examples
- It's pure poetry of malapropism.
- The former's a malapropism and the latter's a truth.
- Malapropisms, solecism and catachresis are said to be examples of this.
- These are the malapropism and inappropriate phrases that need to be corrected.
- This would be a malapropism except that it is a phrase and not a word.
- A malapropism is the use of a like sounding but inappropriate word.
- A malapropism is the use of a like sounding but inappropriate word.
- It's not a malapropism, or a broken metaphor like 'tow the line'.
- But, I'll explain why tomorrow never knows is not a malapropism.
- It seems to be a malapropism, as I noted in my edit summary.
the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
noun
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"Mall + A + Prop + Prism. A mall used the wrong prop, a prism, in a play."
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