- Noun: Malaprop / malapropism
- the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco )..
- Synonyms:
- wrong word
- solecism
- misuse
- misapplication
- infelicity
- Freudian slip
- blunder
- Usage:
Oh, I just love the kind of woman who can walk over a man
I mean like a god damn marching band
She says, like literally, music is the air she breathes
And the malaprops make me want to fucking scream
I wonder if she even knows what that word means
Well, it’s literally not that
~~ “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment” by Father John Misty.
- Encountered:
- While listening to a song on KDHX
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