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(linguistics) a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression

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eggcorn

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eggcorn

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɛɡkɔːn/

Noun

(linguistics) a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression

Japanese Meaning

音が似ているために、もともとの語句と取り違えて誤った形で使われる語句、またはその現象。 / 本来の語句（セット表現や単独の言葉）に対して、発音が似ている別の語句が妥当な理由で用いられる現象を指す（言語学の用語）。

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Many people use 'for all intensive purposes' as an eggcorn of 'for all intents and purposes'.

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多くの人は「for all intensive purposes」を「for all intents and purposes」の聞き間違いによる語の置き換えとして使っています。

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(linguistics) a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression

update (9/30/2003): Geoff Pullum suggests that if no suitable term already exists for cases like this, we should call them "egg corns", in the metonymic tradition of "mondegreen", since the eponymous solution of "malapropism" and "spoonerism" is not appropriate.

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eggcorns

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