catachresis

Wellman wrote the play in 2004, possibly as a riff on a word he loves, “catachresis,” which means the misuse of language, but also sounds a lot like “cat crisis.”

"The fury of his fancy often transported him beyond the bounds of judgment, either in coining of new words and phrases, or racking words which were in use, into the violence of catachresis."

As to “twinn'd stones”—may it not be a bold catachresis for muscles, cockles, and other empty shells with hinges, which are truly twinned?

In this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least of both the words, Fortune and Fools.

V.—I like that catachresis, but once again I repeat, I am practical, and prefer synedoche.