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malapropism(dictionary)

malapropism (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Mrs Malaprop character who uses words wrongly in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Sheridan, from French mal a propos 'not appropriate']
an amusing mistake that you make when you use a word that sounds similar to the word you intended to say but means something completely different