Associations to the word «Malapropism»

Wiktionary

MALAPROPISM, noun. (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar sounding one.
MALAPROPISM, noun. (countable) An instance of this; malaprop.

Dictionary definition

MALAPROPISM, noun. The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery