Saturday, August 30, 2008

Vocabulary-malapropism

1. The word and its part of speech: malapropism (noun)
2. Other forms of the word:
a) malapropisms
b) malapropistic
3. Definition:
a) an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
b) an instance of this, as in “Lead the way and we'll precede.”
(http://www.dictionary.com/)
4. An example sentence using the word or a form of the word:
I want to have a confidence with her that decerns her much.
5. A picture which relates to the word and/or complements understanding of the word:

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