malapropism
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
malapropism
- (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
- The script employed malapropism to great effect.
- (countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
- The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
- The humor comes from all the malapropisms.
- (instance of malapropism) malaprop, catachresis
- French: abus de langage, malapropisme, impropriété
- Russian: малапропи́зм
- Spanish: gazapo, malapropismo, yerro
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