malapropism 1849, from Mrs. Malaprop, character in Sheridan's play "The Rivals" (1775), noted for her ridiculous misuse of large words (i.e. "contagious countries" for "contiguous countries"), her name coined from malapropos (adv.), 1668, a borrowing from Fr. mal à propos "inopportunely, inappropriately," lit. "badly for the purpose," from mal (see mal-) + proposer "propose." Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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The word malapropos is an adjective or adverb meaning "inappropriate" or "inappropriately", derived from the French phrase mal à propos (literally "ill-suited").[1] The earliest English usage of the word cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1630.[1] The terms malapropism and the earlier variant malaprop come from Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals, and in particular the character Mrs. Malaprop.[1] Sheridan presumably named his character Mrs. Malaprop, who frequently misspoke (to great comic effect), in joking reference to the word malapropos.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism
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.
you mean what you mean
It mean what you don't what does it mean.
Mean is the average.
What does GRI mean? What does GRI mean?
The haudensaunee mean irguios
The correct usage is "what DOES it mean"
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
as you do