Eggcorns

What is Eggcorns?

1.

a lexical mistake, usually in the form of a commonly-used term used in place of a more obscure term.

Some examples of eggcorn are to ferment trouble, the prostrate gland, potatoes old rotten. The writing teacher corrected the eggcorns in the student's composition.

See malapropism, neologism
93

Random Words:

Hyperhorse
1. Noun A moron. Twit. Turd. Shitface. Asshat. Monkey. HyperHorse joins #atomicmpc at 5:18PM Bear-Dog Oh sweet merciful crap. HH is here..
Read more
Sexrets
1. Pseudo Freudian slip. Secrets about sexual interation. I.e. I never tell my sexrets. See sex, secrets..
Read more
Gwage
1. replaced by one syllable words starting with the letter g. make sure to yell it out and pronounce the "a" very clearly so ever..
Read more

Best StartPage for your browser.

All you need for a faster workflow in one place.



Get it for Free