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malatrope - literally a sick word.


No, the word is malaprop, defined as " the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar". So in this context, maybe 'malatrope' is a malaprop.

The word was derived from a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775). Mrs. Malaprop consistently uses language malapropos, that is, inappropriately.

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Using a word incorrectly, like saying "ten amendments" instead of "commandments," is called a malapropism. It is a type of verbal mistake where a word is substituted with a similar-sounding word that has a different meaning.

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