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malaprop
noun
(mal-a-prop)
the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Synonyms:
malapropism
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malapropism
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logorrhea
,
solecism
,
punster
,
bon mot
,
mondegreen
,
circumlocution
,
neologism
,
windbag
,
lamebrain
,
buffoon
,
birdbrained
,
blowhard
,
hyperboles
,
nostalgist
,
nincompoop
,
mudslinger
,
quipster
,
smarm
,
crudities
,
stumblebum
,
mangler
,
scuzzball
,
dolt
,
clodhopper
,
mediocrities
,
plagiarist
,
nitwit
,
prevaricator
,
boor
,
panderer
,
shtik
,
quip
,
ironist
,
braggart
,
irascibility
,
wackjob
,
dunderhead
,
inanity
,
slimeball
,
poltroon
,
epithets
,
sneers
,
jackassery
,
fuckwit
,
bons mots
,
yokel
,
fustiness
,
caricature
,
meddler
,
schlemiel
,
sayer
,
fibber
,
cantankerousness
,
jabberwocky
,
rube
,
scrivener
,
jackanapes
,
tattler
,
prestidigitator
,
simp
,
zingers
,
vulgarian
,
puns
,
gerund
,
bloviator
,
mumbler
,
dangling participle
,
bumblers
,
dissembler
,
witticisms
,
stoolie
,
buncombe
,
dufus
,
flunky
,
apple polisher
,
shmuck
,
smarminess
,
guttersnipe
,
dimbulb
,
bumpkin
,
imprecation
,
kidder
,
garrulousness
,
hemingwayesque
,
euphemisms
,
platitude
,
schnook
,
tinhorn
,
lunkheaded
,
moralizer
,
mispronunciations
,
non sequitur
,
chortles
,
galoot
,
bungler
,
clownishness
,
idiocies
,
hambone
,
lech
,
malaprop
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