Malapropism
USE OF AN INCORRECT WORD IN PLACE OF A WORD WITH A SIMILAR SOUND, RESULTING IN A NONSENSICAL, OFTEN HUMOROUS UTTERANCE
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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".