#malapropisms
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measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-14 04:48 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 29 public posts (spanning ~31540 hours).
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I keep tripping over the word "belie" in contexts that show the writer meant the opposite of "belie". It's most disconcerting, and I resent having to waste time and failing brain cells in untangling such sloppiness. #malapropisms #MangledMe
In the horribly long list of frequent #typos and #malapropisms, this one is particularly puzzling: "clamoring" instead of "clambering", as in "clamoring to his feet". Encountered many times; twice already in the current book. What's going o
Reading a book more full of #typos and #malapropisms than I've ever previously encountered. I've managed to translate most of them, but this one has me stumped: "the carriage heralded toward them". I thought possibly "hurtled", but the cont
What “malapropisms” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediamalapropisms
- nounThe blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
A malapropism is the incorrect use of a word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance. An example is the statement attributed to baseball player Yogi Berra, regarding switch hitters, "He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious", with the accidental use of amphibious rather than the intended ambidextrous. Malapropisms often occur as errors in natural speech and are sometimes the subject o
“Malapropism” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#malapropisms across platforms
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