A malapropism is a word out of its proper context or place. Charles Dickens invented Mrs. Malaprop, a woman with a genius for the wrong words in the right places. A malapropism is often uttered unconsciously, but rarely escapes the attention of the readers or listeners. |
Examples of Malapropism:
| Is that a mule on your skin?
My friend drives a newt. I am the sole perpetrator of this business. This art exhumes warmth and passion. (True malapropism, from a gallery review.) Do you have any Venetian blands? I think they have an ulterior motif. They were all honking their horns incestuously all night. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism https://esl.fis.edu/vocab/q12m/malapropQuiz.htm https://www2.fiu.edu/~hauptli/Malapropisms.html |
