Malapropism

/mˈæle‍ɪpɹˌɒpɪzəm/

/mˈæleɪpɹˌɑːpɪzəm/

[noun]

Malapropism

[NOUN]

the humorous and incorrect use of a word that sounds similar to the intended word

synonyms : malaprop

Examples

1. But one of the guys that I knew, I've got to get back to the topic in a minute, but I just thought of this, was sort of the king of malapropisms.

2. As co-founder of the phenomenal word reference site Wordnik and one time chief editor of American Dictionaries at Oxford University Press, including editing the second edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary, Erin McKean, notes, All words (aside from unintentional errors and malapropisms) are words at their birth.

3. Of course, Saddam malapropism war has changed the S.A.C. Had had dinner with my editor, the other thing we talked about farmers for some reason, the phrase we did in Reap came up in our discussion.