malapropism

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noun

Plural noun:

malapropismsMalapropismmalapropoism

1.
(uncountable)The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
The script employed malapropism to great effect.
2.
(countable)An instance of this; malaprop.
The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
The humor comes from all the malapropisms.

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malaprop

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malaphormalapropicexamples of malapropisms

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From the name of Mrs. Malaprop, a character in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan --ism. As dramatic characters in English comic plays of this time often had allusive names, it is likely that Sheridan fashioned the name from malapropos (inappropriate; inappropriately), from French mal à propos. Mrs.