Malapropism

Did you ever wonder where the word malapropism came from? ❋ Unknown (2010)

a type of slip of the ear in which people mishear a word and mispronounce it, then insist that the malapropism is correct. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mr. STARR: It's called a malapropism, John used to say. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And it features the kind of malapropism-prone character who says “Toblerone” when he means “testosterone.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

Two: a few days ago was the first anniversary of linguist Geoff Pullum's coining of the term 'eggcorns', a particular kind of malapropism that appears linguistically significant because it involves a switch to a wrong, but logical, alternative that is rapidly and widely assimilated into general language. ❋ Ray Girvan (2004)

The explanation behind House File 2028 says it would correct a "malapropism" in the legal description. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was unsure if it was an Americanism or a malapropism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Kind of a Catch-32" — A Jimmy malapropism on Raising Hope, as he explains why it won't help to put makeup over the "DORK" written in magic marker on his face. ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

The intellect issue is kind -- he has a kind of propensity for malapropism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Pat Brown too has faded into history, remembered, if at all, for indecision (to which his son reportedly contributed) in the Caryl Chessman execution and for humorous malapropism ( "This is the greatest disaster since my election.") ❋ Richard H. Smith (2010)

Indeed, the oft-repeated malapropism of "refudiate" seems to cover it quite well. ❋ Randall Amster (2011)

To quote my late father Sol, the master of the malapropism, I say to these Republican dummies... ❋ Andy Ostroy (2011)

Even as a malapropism it reflects the way the chief connotation of epicureanism has changed from pleasure to sensual pleasure to gustatory pleasure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As former Yankees catcher and New York Mets manager Yogi Berra, the master of the malapropism, famously said, "It's deja vu all over again. . ." ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2012)

Ironically, it is the malapropism-prone John Prescott's "the green belt is a Labour achievement, and we intend to build on it" that is most likely to pass into the anthologies. ❋ Unknown (2010)