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Malapropism

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also made great use of deliberate malapropisms in his comedy, notably in such sketches as his "Appeal on behalf of the Loyal Society for the Relief of Suffers from Pismronunciation", which mixed malapropisms and garbled words for comic effect – including news of a speech which "gave us a few
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Definitions differ somewhat in terms of the cause of the error. Some scholars include only errors that result from a temporary failure to produce the word which the speaker intended. Such errors are sometimes called "Fay–Cutler malapropism", after David Fay and Anne Cutler, who described the
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occurrence of such errors in ordinary speech. Most definitions, however, include any actual word that is wrongly or accidentally used in place of a similar sounding, correct word. This broader definition is sometimes called "classical malapropism", or simply "malapropism".
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and unstressed syllables – as the intended word or phrase. If the stress pattern of the malapropism differs from the intended word, unstressed syllables may be deleted or inserted; stressed syllables and the general rhythmic pattern are maintained.
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Rather than saying rights had been 'flagrantly violated, Greene instead said 'fragrant'. "…and why their due process rights are being so fragrantly and horrifically violated," she says in a clip, which has been shared far and wide on social
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is suffering a nervous "shakedown" (rather than "breakdown"), calls the Exalted Ruler of their group the "exhausted ruler" and says that he and Oliver are like "two peas in a pot" (instead of "pod"); in
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utters many malapropisms to humorous effect. Though Shakespeare was an earlier writer than Sheridan, "malaprop/malapropism" seems an earlier coinage than "Dogberryism", which is not attested until 1836.
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was introduced where Internet users feigned malapropism by substituting the word "pandemic" with similar sounding words (such as "panorama", "pandemonium", or "panini"), a practice often attributed to
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An instance of speech error is called a malapropism when a word is produced which is nonsensical or ludicrous in context yet similar in sound to what was intended.
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in natural speech and are sometimes the subject of media attention, especially when made by politicians or other prominent individuals.
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stumbled on the legal phrase "right against self-incrimination" by invoking her "right against self-discrimination" instead.
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and to specialist in that field as a gynecologist, he would mispronounce the words as "groinecology" and "groinecologist".
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Aitchison, Jeanne; Straf, Miron (1982). "Lexical storage and retrieval: a developing skill?". In Anne Cutler (ed.).
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was mocked online after claiming "this erection is about the people" (election), during an interview on Fox News.
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used them in a number of his plays, almost invariably spoken by comic ill-educated lower class characters.
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The word "malapropism" (and its earlier form, "malaprop") comes from a character named "Mrs. Malaprop" in
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with sharks. Oliver is quick to call out Stan's malapropism only to correct him with another: "Not
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Malapropisms appeared in many works before Sheridan created the character of Mrs. Malaprop.
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utters many malapropisms. In Act 3 Scene III, she declares to Captain Absolute, "Sure, if I
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Malapropisms do not occur only as comedic literary devices. They also occur as a kind of
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an adjective or adverb meaning "inappropriate" or "inappropriately", derived from the
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During a Senate hearing, Philippine presidential communications assistant secretary
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has been known to commonly utter malapropisms. For example, he described states as "
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noted this as possibly the first time anyone had uttered a malapropism for the word
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During the lead-up to the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, Republican Senate candidate
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Dido's Daughters: Literacy, Gender, and Empire in Early Modern England and France
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used malapropism extensively for comic effect. For example, in his short story
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Malapropisms differ from other kinds of speaking or writing mistakes, such as
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him quite from your memory" (instead of "obliterate"), "he is the very
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The synonymous term "Dogberryism" comes from the 1598 Shakespeare play
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used malapropism to entertain viewers on the late-night comedy show
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in several Shakespeare plays, is a regular user of malapropisms. In
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has used malapropisms, including references to: "peach tree dish" (
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dialectical usage of malapropisms, which some critics link to the
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in ordinary speech. Examples are often quoted in the media.
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on the banks of the Nile, although there are crocodiles.
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of innovation and democracy" instead of "laboratories".
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as a "tantrum bicycle" and made mention of "Alcoholics
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of the originally intended word. According to linguist
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of information". The worker then apologised for his "
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Other malapropisms spoken by Mrs. Malaprop include "
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Index

Malapropisms
/ˈmæləprɒpɪzəm/
utterance
Yogi Berra
switch hitters
amphibious
errors

Louisa Lane Drew
The Rivals
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The Rivals
French
Oxford English Dictionary
Lord Byron
Much Ado About Nothing
Dogberry
eggcorns
spoonerisms
neologisms
part of speech
Jean Aitchison
syllables
metrical structure
stressed
oracular
epitaphs
vernacular
epithets
William Shakespeare

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