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- An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a new phrase which...
- of an unfamiliar word is limited to a single person, it is known as an eggcorn. The technical term "folk etymology" refers to a change in the form of...
- Category:Catchphrases Anti-proverb Blend word Blurb Buzzword Cliché Clickbait Earworm Eggcorn "Holy..." Jabberwocky Meme Neologism Proverb Set phrase Slogan Sound bite...
- 1930s during the Great Depression. Some speakers believe that it is an eggcorn of the North American indigenous communal meal known as a potlatch (meaning...
- "ex-patriot", which author Anu Garg has characterised as an example of an eggcorn. In Canada someone who resides in a different province on a temporary basis...
- whale secretion. The archaic alternate spelling "ambergrease" arose as an eggcorn from the phonetic pronunciation of "ambergris," encouraged by the substance's...
- immunization by citing fear that vaccines might make him "artistic", an eggcorn play on the word autistic, that is literally realized in the episode. Randy...
- Back-formation Backronym Bongo-Bongo (linguistics) Chinese word for "crisis" Eggcorn Etymological fallacy False cognate False friend Just-so story Linguistic...
- for a closer rendering, though models are easy to find." Bowdlerization Eggcorn Euphemism Expletive deleted Four-letter word Fuddle duddle Hlonipha "Definition...
- accidentally in reverse mode but intended to be in drive mode. Bushism Cognition Eggcorn Lapsus Malapropism Metathesis Pun Tip of the tongue Laplanche, Jean; Pontalis...