Associations to the word «Malapropism»
Noun
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Wiktionary
MALAPROPISM, noun. (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar sounding one.
MALAPROPISM, noun. (countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
Dictionary definition
MALAPROPISM, noun. The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.