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(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one. / (countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
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malapropism
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malapropism
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Japanese Meaning
似た音を持つ語と混同し、不適切な語を用いる言い間違い。または、そのような言い間違いの例。
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