Word of the Day - April 21, 2025


MALAPROPISM

  • a humorous misuse of a word also MALAPROP [n -S]
  • Its lovely to see all of you on this suspicious occasion, our host said.
  • the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase especially the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously wrong in the context.