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| noun | 1. A word or phrase that results from a mishearing or misinterpretation of another, an element of the original being substituted for one that sounds very similar or identical (e.g., "tow the line" instead of "toe the line"). |
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 | | "I couldn't stop laughing at the silly mistake I made with the eggcorn." | | "'Intensive purposes' is an eggcorn, but people will still understand what you mean." | | "Sometimes you can only tell an eggcorn in writing, because the versions are pronounced the same." |
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 | | English, early 21st century |
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 | | Did you say "acorn"? No — "EGGCORN." That's what a group of linguists came up with to name the phenomenon of mishearing and repeating a word or phrase so often that the "wrong" version becomes commonly used. ... |  |
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