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What (who) is malapropism$46404$ - definition
Malapropism
![[[Louisa Lane Drew]] as Mrs. Malaprop in an 1895 production of ''[[The Rivals]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drew-Mrs-Malaprop.jpg?width=200 "[[Louisa Lane Drew]] as Mrs. Malaprop in an 1895 production of ''[[The Rivals]]''")
USE OF AN INCORRECT WORD IN PLACE OF A WORD WITH A SIMILAR SOUND, RESULTING IN A NONSENSICAL, OFTEN HUMOROUS UTTERANCE
Mrs Malaprop; Malapropisms; Mrs. Malaprop; Malaprop; Dogberryism; Malaproprism; Acyrologia; Cramtonism; Breakfast means breakfast; Brexit means breakfast
·noun A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.
malapropism
USE OF AN INCORRECT WORD IN PLACE OF A WORD WITH A SIMILAR SOUND, RESULTING IN A NONSENSICAL, OFTEN HUMOROUS UTTERANCE
Mrs Malaprop; Malapropisms; Mrs. Malaprop; Malaprop; Dogberryism; Malaproprism; Acyrologia; Cramtonism; Breakfast means breakfast; Brexit means breakfast
['mal?pr??p?z(?)m]
(US also malaprop)
¦ noun the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one (e.g. 'dance a flamingo' instead of flamenco).
Origin
C19: from the character Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775) + -ism.
Malapropism
USE OF AN INCORRECT WORD IN PLACE OF A WORD WITH A SIMILAR SOUND, RESULTING IN A NONSENSICAL, OFTEN HUMOROUS UTTERANCE
Mrs Malaprop; Malapropisms; Mrs. Malaprop; Malaprop; Dogberryism; Malaproprism; Acyrologia; Cramtonism; Breakfast means breakfast; Brexit means breakfast
A malapropism (also called a malaprop, acyrologia, or Dogberryism) is the mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance. An example is the statement attributed to baseball player Yogi Berra, "Texas has a lot of electrical votes", rather than "electoral votes".
