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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 346200" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>A malapropism is the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.</p><p></p><p>Comes from the character Mrs Malaprop A character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play <em>The Rivals</em> (1775), </p><p>Mrs. Malaprop consistently uses language malapropos, that is, inappropriately. The word <em>malapropos</em> comes from the French phrase <em>mal à propos,</em> made up of <em>mal,</em> "badly," <em>à,</em> "to," and <em>propos,</em> "purpose, subject," and means "inappropriate." <em>The Rivals</em> was a popular play, and Mrs. Malaprop became enshrined in a common noun, first in the form <em>malaprop</em> and later in <em>malapropism,</em> which is first recorded in 1849 <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Or like I said perhaps you meant to use that word and I am wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 346200, member: 186250"] A malapropism is the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar. Comes from the character Mrs Malaprop A character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play [I]The Rivals[/I] (1775), Mrs. Malaprop consistently uses language malapropos, that is, inappropriately. The word [I]malapropos[/I] comes from the French phrase [I]mal à propos,[/I] made up of [I]mal,[/I] "badly," [I]à,[/I] "to," and [I]propos,[/I] "purpose, subject," and means "inappropriate." [I]The Rivals[/I] was a popular play, and Mrs. Malaprop became enshrined in a common noun, first in the form [I]malaprop[/I] and later in [I]malapropism,[/I] which is first recorded in 1849 :) Or like I said perhaps you meant to use that word and I am wrong. [/QUOTE]
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