Eggcorn Uncommon

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

An idiosyncratic but semantically motivated substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound identical, or nearly so, at least in the dialect the speaker uses.

See Also

mondegreen oronym motivate semantically apocalyptic substitution seed change eggcorns

Related Terms

mondegreen oronym motivate semantically apocalyptic substitution seed change eggcorns phono semantic matching misconstruction malapropism folk etymology idiosyncratic picture skew for all intensive purposes

Rhyming Words

orn born horn gorn korn morn lorn sorn worn norn dorn xorn torn corn forn zorn quorn aborn unorn bjorn

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