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What is a malapropism?

What is a malapropism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
  2. (countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
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He looks worried that the full weight of geekdom will descend upon him for his malapropism.
The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
Styled as a journal that Precious begins when she transfers to an alternative school, the novel utilizes vernacular along with frequent malapropism and misspelling to evince the protagonist's struggles with literacy.
Finally, it's also something like a malapropism, where a word is mistakenly substituted for one of similar sound shape.
The effect of a malapropism is usually humorous, but it can highlight quite profound connections between things.
Apparently Fowler considered this to be a malapropism as they sounded similar.

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