Joe Lanman · @joelanman
687 followers · 1893 posts · Server hachyderm.io

An **eggcorn** is the alteration of a phrase through mishearing, creating a new phrase having a different meaning from the original but which still makes sense

examples:

"doggy dog world" for "dog eat dog world"
"pass mustard" for "pass muster"
"to the manor born" for "to the manner born"
"wet your appetite" for "whet your appetite"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

#language #eggcorn

Last updated 1 year ago

Jenny Fx · @urbanfoxe
462 followers · 3060 posts · Server mastodon.ie

I got a new to me text today 'I'll be out in a gif' @stancarey

#eggcorn

Last updated 1 year ago

Miro Collas · @Miro_Collas
394 followers · 11156 posts · Server masto.ai

Are you getting these phrases wrong too? | EGGCORNS - YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=F12LSAbos7

Oh finally, someone tackles those ridiculous phrases so many use without thinking.

Ex. "free reign" should be "free rein".

#language #english #eggcorn #malapropism #mondegreen

Last updated 1 year ago

Donkey Hote · @fitofpeak
49 followers · 93 posts · Server mstdn.social

Nice one, spotted on Reddit.

#eggcorn

Last updated 1 year ago

Donkey Hote · @fitofpeak
49 followers · 93 posts · Server mstdn.social
Donkey Hote · @fitofpeak
49 followers · 93 posts · Server mstdn.social

An old Donkey Hote blog post: The Preverbal Nail (pwoodford.net/blog/?p=96)

#wordplay #malapropism #eggcorn

Last updated 1 year ago

Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
125 followers · 347 posts · Server h4.io

Came across my first pseudo- on Mastodon: "precedence" for "precedent" in the sense when talking about and the .

#eggcorn #legal #clarencethomas #SCOTUS #linguistics #Morphology #phonetics #phonology #lexicography #thomas

Last updated 1 year ago

Donkey Hote · @fitofpeak
49 followers · 93 posts · Server mstdn.social

Forwarded by my son, a great find: the bi polar opposite. IMHO this rivals immaculate degeneration!

#eggcorn

Last updated 2 years ago

Donkey Hote · @fitofpeak
49 followers · 93 posts · Server mstdn.social

Every now and there you find a treasure trove.

#eggcorn

Last updated 2 years ago

mem · @revmem
74 followers · 1105 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

It's now forever

#eggcorn

Last updated 2 years ago

Donkey Hote · @fitofpeak
49 followers · 93 posts · Server mstdn.social

How much with shafafa on the side?

#eggcorn

Last updated 2 years ago

Petrichor · @sinabhfuil
648 followers · 1632 posts · Server mastodon.ie
· @Sliotar
125 followers · 1137 posts · Server mastodon.ie

@sinabhfuil
I heard someone say "without further adieu" the other day.

#eggcorn

Last updated 2 years ago

Seth Miller · @mostlymuppet
45 followers · 205 posts · Server mastodon.social

Heard the phrase “Eck Cetera” on a work call today.

#eggcorn #scusemewhileikissthisguy

Last updated 2 years ago

fell beast · @g1comics
209 followers · 22331 posts · Server equestria.social

@silverseams "flying by the seat of your pants", -ized, I guess. But it sounds like it's been kinda normalized too?

#eggcorn

Last updated 2 years ago

Petrichor · @sinabhfuil
624 followers · 3089 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Liora Halperin · @lioracle
310 followers · 103 posts · Server urbanists.social
Liora Halperin · @lioracle
244 followers · 79 posts · Server urbanists.social

#eggcorn #linguistics #language

Last updated 2 years ago

Petrichor · @sinabhfuil
448 followers · 939 posts · Server mastodon.ie

@dermotryanie Yeah, I was mumbling "not mondegreen" - , @spacehobo and @dermotryanie have instantly told me!

#eggcorn

Last updated 2 years ago

Space Hobo :verifiablebike: · @spacehobo
292 followers · 1080 posts · Server teh.entar.net