Word of the Day – Malaprop / Malapropism

• Noun:  Malaprop / malapropism
  1. 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:
  1. wrong word
  2. solecism
  3. misuse
  4. misapplication
  5. infelicity
  6. Freudian slip
  7. 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

To see more Words of the Day, visit this link: Words of the Day