Malapropism

PRONUNCIATION: (‘mae-le-prahp-iz-em)
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MEANING: (noun) The unintentional use of one word that sounds a bit like another (almost homophones), but which is completely and hilariously wrong in context.

ETYMOLOGY: A commonization (conversion from proper to common noun) circa 1849 from Mrs. Malaprop, a character noted for her misuse of words in Richard Sheridan’s comedy “The Rivals” (1775). Sheridan created her name from the French phrase mal a propos “inappropriate.” Mrs. Malaprop thus is the eponym of “malapropism.”

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