malapropism

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error misapplication misusage wrongful use			His most famous malapropism, frequently repeated by legislators during floor debates, was the time King said that a legislative proposal would "open a whole box of Pandoras. A BOX OF PANDORAS: KING OF SLIP OF TONGUE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Byline: Wilf Lunn TELLING a friend of mine about the new American word Mondgreen he said we've always had a word for it, it's called a Malapropism. Has anyone spotted the bald racoon? by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Ryan Moore on board now, and it strikes me as a meaningful jockey booking, with Frankie Dettori and Dane O'Neill booked to ride the stable's other two runners, both of whom look much more exposed than Presvis Still going through his period of learning the last time he encountered a bit of cut in the ground, but there is a chance he might prefer a sound surface MW Malapropism 5. Destiny will find the going tough from a terrible draw; TRADING POST by The Racing Post (London, England)			making intelligible making less making lucid making one making over making perspicuous making precise making public making ready making reference making sense making specific making trenchant making useless mala fides Mala in Se Mala praxis Mala prohibita maladjustment maladminister maladministration maladroit malady malaise malapert malapropism malapropos malapropros Malcolm X malcontent Male male administrare male computare male interpretari male iudicare male moratus male parentage male police officer search of female male regere Maledicta est expositio quae corrumpit textum malediction maledictive maledictory maledictum malefaction malefactor malefactor under suspension of sentence malefic maleficence maleficent Maleficia non debent remanere impunita			Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Malanpur Captive Power Pvt. Ltd. MALAO Malaoxon MALAP Malaparte Malaparte, Curzio malapert malapert Malapert (crater) Malapert (crater) Malapert Mountain Malapert Mountain malapertly malapertly malapertness malapertness malaperts malaperts malapportioned malapportionment Malaprabha Left Bank Canal Malaprabha Right Bank Canal malaprop malaprop malaprop Malaprop, Mrs. malapropian malapropian malapropian malapropism Malapropisms Malapropisms Malapropisms malapropos malapropos Malaproprism Malaproprism Malaproprism malapropros malaprops malaprops malaprops Malapterurid Malapterurid Malapteruridae Malapteruridae Malapterurus Malapterurus electricus Malapterurus electricus Malapterurus microstoma Malapterurus microstoma Malapterurus minjiriya Malapterurus minjiriya malar malar malar Mälar malar abscess malar abscess malar abscess

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