Usually means: Incorrect word use, similar sound.
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  1. malapropisms: Merriam-Webster
  2. malapropisms: Collins English Dictionary
  3. malapropisms: Vocabulary.com
  4. malapropisms: Wordnik
  5. malapropisms: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. malapropisms: Wiktionary
  7. malapropisms: Dictionary.com
  8. Malapropisms: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Malapropisms: The Word Detective
  10. Malapropisms: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Malapropisms: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (malapropism)

noun:  (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
noun:  (countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
▸ Also see malapropism


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