One form is a "malapropism", after the character "Mrs. Malaprop" in a 1775 play The Rivals by Richard Sheridan.
A malapropism (also called acyrologia) is the use of a word that is similar to another word, but creates a meaningless or comic sentence.
Examples :
being "indicted" to supper (invited), or a gift from a famous "philanderer" (philanthropist).
Example of use for comic effect :
"My dear, tonight you look positively ravished." (ravishing)
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Note that there is a similar wordplay known as mondegreen, when a word is misheard changing the meaning from what was intended. Gary Larson famously drew a Far Sidecartoon with a dog bragging that he was going to be "tutored".
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Spell check can tell if a word is misspelled, but it cannot tell if a word is misused.
Xerox is the company's name. The word Xerox is sometimes misused instead of the word photocopy. If you want to know Hindi word for photocopy then it's "pratilipi".
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the word rag in a sentence
The term you're looking for is "malapropism," which is the incorrect use of a word in place of a similar-sounding word resulting in a nonsensical or humorous statement.
The doctor said I have a vitamin "C" deficiency because I eat too many cookies, but I think he meant 'cookie' deficiency!
The adverb form of the word "humorous" is humorously.An example sentence is: "the show was humorously brilliant".
The word 'costs' is spelt wrongly. The word 'to' is misused. Correct sentence is It costs too much to mail a letter these days.
Carefully. Recklessly. Confidently. Humorously!
The phrase "A dollar late and a day short" is an example of a malapropism, where a word is humorously misused. In this case, the correct phrase is "A day late and a dollar short."
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It is one word: "Misused".
Incorrect:What's is that time clock say?Correct: What time does the clock say?
One that is used at the end of a sentence.Ex. Who are you going with? . Should be , With whom are you going ?. This is gaining wider acceptance daily . Most people are lazy in their speech habits .
Misspelled or misused word, favorable.
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