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A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n / ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.
A blunder refers to a "stupid, careless mistake". Specific instances include: Blunder (chess), a very poor move in chess; Hopetoun Blunder, an event in Australian ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
Malapropisms differ from other kinds of speaking or writing mistakes, such as eggcorns or spoonerisms, as well as the accidental or deliberate production of newly made-up words . [ 9 ] For example, it is not a malapropism to use obtuse [wide or dull] instead of acute [narrow or sharp]; it is a malapropism to use obtuse [stupid or slow-witted ...
Here are steps you can take if you’ve made a mistake while writing a check. Cross out the mistake by drawing one neat line through the middle of the mistake. Do not scribble it out or black it ...
The following is a word-for-word transcript [9] of Buck and Anderson's commentary during the final moments of Game 6: Jack Buck: Wild pitch. Here's the pitch to Mookie Wilson. Winning run at second. Ground ball to first, it is a run—an ERROR! AN ERROR BY BUCKNER! The winning run scores! The Mets win it 6–5 with three in the tenth!
The Oakland Athletics are dropping and throwing away the ball at a staggering rate. The A's committed five errors in the first three innings of a 9-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Monday night to ...