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Answer for the clue "Word mix-up ", 8 letters:
malaprop

Alternative clues for the word malaprop

Language blooper
Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
Bush utterance, often
Sheridan's misspeaking Mrs
Sheridan's Mrs
Family name in Sheridan's "The Rivals"
Butcherer of words
Word mangler

Word definitions for malaprop in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar [syn: malapropism ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1823, from name of theatrical character Mrs. Malaprop (see malapropism ). Related: Malapropian .

Usage examples of malaprop.

Dogberries and grandmothers are occasionally found upon the bench, dispensing their honest but destructive platitudes, and their Malaprop constructions of commercial law, to juries of astounded merchants.