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Malapropism

A malapropism (/ˈmæləprɒpɪzəm/; also called a malaprop, acyrologia or Dogberryism) is the incorrect use of a word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance. An example is the statement attributed to baseball player Yogi Berra, regarding switch hitters, "He…

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Nodes110
Edges109
Triples62
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018182
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related to Examples from fiction and comedy · 26
Malapropism → Act, Captain Absolute, Constable Dogberry, Falstaff, For, Governor Leonato, If, In Act, Malaprop, Malapropisms, Mistress Quickly, Mrs, Much Ado About Nothing, Nile, Other, Our, Scene, Scene III, Shakespeare, Sheridan
related to Etymology · 16
Malapropism → According, Dogberry, Dogberryism, English, French, Lord Byron, Malaprop, Mrs, Much Ado About Nothing, Oxford English Dictionary, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's, Shakespeare, Sheridan, The, The Rivals, Though Shakespeare
related to Distinguishing features · 10
Malapropism → An, Anne Cutler, Cutler, David Fay, Definitions, Fay, Most, Some, Such, This
related to Real-life examples · 7
Malapropism → Bushism, Former Australian, Malapropisms, Other, They, Tony Abbott, Wałęsism
related to External links · 3
Malapropism → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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malapropisms word malaprop speech use example instead also character words used called intended similar often errors mrs error effect sometimes

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Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresAn0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresDefinitions0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresSome0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresSuch0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresFay0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresCutler0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresDavid Fay0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresAnne Cutler0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresMost0.60section
Malapropismrelated to Distinguishing featuresThis0.60section
Malapropismrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Malapropismrelated to EtymologyMrs0.60section

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