malapropism
Example Sentences
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He may invite passionate opposition from his foes, but his fans simply shrug at his misstatements, malapropisms and mendacity.
From Los Angeles Times
But Whitney’s malapropism cuts to the heart of it.
From New York Times
He mixes metaphors, sprinkles them with malapropisms and knows nobody will call him on any of it . . . because if they did, he’d accuse them of small thinking.
From Salon
The title is a classic “Ringoism,” as John Lennon used to refer to his malapropisms, an unusual phrase ripped from the same mind that came up with “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
From Seattle Times
But the laughable malapropisms provided by artificial intelligence became more serious matters when I saw several dozen words forming badly mangled phrases — all attributed to me — inside quotation marks.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
