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Famous word butcher
Answer for the clue "Famous word butcher ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- Linguistic lapse
- Word mangler
- Language blooper
- Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
- Noted word scrambler
- Sheridan's Mrs. ___
- The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- In fiction, diction was her affliction
- Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice)
- Fictional Mrs.
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.