an eggcorn is an unexpectedly fitting or creative malapropism. The autological word "eggcorn" is itself an eggcorn, derived from acorn. Eggcorns often...

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...

Category:Catchphrases Anti-proverb Blend word Blurb Buzzword Cliché Clickbait Earworm Eggcorn "Holy..." Jabberwocky Meme Neologism Proverb Set phrase Slogan Sound bite...

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...

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...

1597), Shakespeare play featuring the earliest known use of the phrase Eggcorn, idiosyncratic word substitutions such as baited breath for bated breath...

Back-formation Backronym Bongo-Bongo (linguistics) Chinese word for "crisis" Eggcorn Etymological fallacy False cognate False friend Just-so story Linguistic...

to words that are derived from the same root, i.e. cognate words. -onym Eggcorn Heteronym (linguistics) Paronymic attraction Word ladder "paronym". Oxford...

for a closer rendering, though models are easy to find." Bowdlerization Eggcorn Euphemism Expletive deleted Four-letter word Fuddle duddle Hlonipha "Definition...

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...

to: Old-timer, a person of old age Old-timer, a veteran Old-timer, an eggcorn for someone with Alzheimer's disease Old-Timers' Day, a US baseball tradition...

often create a similar comic effect, are usually near-homophones. See also Eggcorn. During the 1980s, an attempt was made to promote a distinctive term for...

meringue and spread on top. One of the most popular theories is that it is an eggcorn of "It's just pie" due to a misinterpretation of the pronunciation "It's...

with any of the proposed etymologies, so "tow the line" is a linguistic eggcorn. Its modern-day use includes the context of partisan or factional politics...

whale secretion. The archaic alternate spelling "ambergrease" arose as an eggcorn from the phonetic pronunciation of "ambergris," encouraged by the substance's...

"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...

malapropism. If there is a connection in meaning, it may be called an eggcorn. If a person stubbornly continues to mispronounce a word or phrase after...

references the NIV, e.g. "know Ozark". Ambiguity Amphibology Double entendre Eggcorn Folk etymology Holorime Ladle Rat Rotten Hut Mairzy Doats Malapropism Mondegreen...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. -onym Antonomasia Deferred reference Eggcorn Eponym Enthymeme Euphemism by comparison Generic trademark Kenning List...

sayings by sports broadcasters Covfefe, an apparent typo by Donald Trump Eggcorn Freudian slip Great Moments in Presidential Speeches, a recurring sketch...

1982 album Mr. Look So Good, and its title is a reference to a common eggcorn of the phrase "Dog-Eat-Dog World." The Dramatics featured on the song at...

rein in means to hold back, slow down, control or limit. Sometimes the eggcorn, reign in, is used. Usage of the opposing free rein dates back to Geoffrey...

tales of Baron von Münchhausen. As Chris Waigl recently pointed out on the Eggcorn Database (commenting on "boots-trap"), the original German version has...

with F1” is a French-English pun as 1 is un in French. Calque Code mixing Eggcorn Homophonic translation Lists of English words by country or language of...

an article in 2001 mocking sniglets as an obscure fad. Daffynition Dord Eggcorn Jabberwocky Mondegreen Phono-semantic matching Petelin, Roslyn (17 January...

and "expressive" loanwords. The difference to a folk etymology (or an eggcorn) is that a folk etymology is based on misunderstanding, whereas an expressive...

Back-formation Cranberry morpheme Defective verb – other form of lexical gap Eggcorn False cognate Fossilization (linguistics) Polarity item Words not attested...

instead of "on tenterhooks" is one of the most misused English phrases, or eggcorns, according to a 2017 survey of two thousand British adults, ranking in...

Malapropisms differ from other kinds of speaking or writing mistakes, such as eggcorns or spoonerisms, as well as the accidental or deliberate production of newly...

and tired, barefoot and pregnant). The terms are often the targets of eggcorns, malapropisms, mondegreens, and folk etymology. Some irreversible binomials...