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"
Are you getting these phrases wrong too? | EGGCORNS - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F12LSAbos7A
Oh finally, someone tackles those ridiculous phrases so many use without thinking.
Ex. "free reign" should be "free rein".
#language #english #eggcorn #malapropism #mondegreen
Home of sexuals! Snort! #chroniclesofthemasterrace #englishassheiswrit #eggcorn
#eggcorn #englishassheiswrit #chroniclesofthemasterrace
An old Donkey Hote blog post: The Preverbal Nail (https://pwoodford.net/blog/?p=96) #eggcorn #malapropism #wordplay
#wordplay #malapropism #eggcorn
Came across my first pseudo-#eggcorn on Mastodon: "precedence" for "precedent" in the #legal sense when talking about #ClarenceThomas and the #SCOTUS.
#linguistics #morphology #phonetics #phonology #lexicography #Thomas
#eggcorn #legal #clarencethomas #SCOTUS #linguistics #Morphology #phonetics #phonology #lexicography #thomas
Forwarded by my son, a great find: the bi polar opposite. IMHO this rivals immaculate degeneration! #eggcorn
Oh, really, @irishtimes - "hone in on"? https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2023/02/20/romeo-and-juliet-review-fair-verona-with-aperol-spritz/ #eggcorn
Heard the phrase “Eck Cetera” on a work call today. #eggcorn #ScuseMeWhileIKissThisGuy
#eggcorn #scusemewhileikissthisguy
@silverseams "flying by the seat of your pants", #eggcorn -ized, I guess. But it sounds like it's been kinda normalized too?
#Led is the #pasttense of #ToLead. #Pleasepleaseplease use it correctly #eggcorn
#led #pasttense #tolead #pleasepleaseplease #eggcorn
Nice student paper #eggcorn: “ancestory.” #language #linguistics #genealogy #family #history #histodons @histodons
#eggcorn #language #linguistics #genealogy #family #history #histodons
Fun #eggcorn spotted: “micro chasm” #linguistics @lingthusiasm @languagelovers #language
#eggcorn #linguistics #language
@dermotryanie Yeah, I was mumbling "not mondegreen" - #eggcorn, @spacehobo and @dermotryanie have instantly told me!