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Posted By: Hydra Le mot un-juste - 05/01/07 06:20 AM
Can anyone add to this list of "words for the wrong word" ?

misnomer
spoonerism
catachresis
malaprop
mixed metaphor
eggcorn
mondegreen
Posted By: Faldage Re: Le mot un-juste - 05/01/07 10:17 AM
Solecism.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Le mot un-juste - 05/01/07 02:55 PM
misprision (in the sense of "mistaking one thing for another")
Posted By: Zed Re: Le mot un-juste - 05/01/07 08:15 PM
freudian slip
Posted By: olly Re: Le mot un-juste - 05/01/07 09:01 PM
Misspelling. Too off track?
As an aside, I looked up spelling mistake in dictionary.com encyclopedia and it said
Did you mean Spelling misteaks?
Posted By: Jackie Re: Spelling misteaks - 05/02/07 03:20 PM
Holy cow--it DID say that!
Posted By: Jackie Speaking of dictionary.com... - 05/02/07 03:33 PM
Code:
sol·e·cism    [sol-uh-siz-uhm, soh-luh-]  
–noun 
1. a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.  
2. a breach of good manners or etiquette.  
3. any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.  


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[Origin: 1570–80; < L soloecismus < Gk soloikismós, equiv. to sóloik(os) 
(Sólo(i) a city in Cilicia where a corrupt form of 
Attic Greek was spoken + -ikos -ic) + -ismos -ism]  


After a city, hmm? They must have really corrupted the language, for the term to still be used today.
link
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Speaking of dictionary.com... - 05/02/07 03:55 PM
from Soloi, Athenian colony in Cilicia, whose dialect the Athenians considered barbarous.
-Online Etymology Dictionary

-joe (I may need a haircut) friday
Posted By: Jackie Re: Speaking of dictionary.com... - 05/03/07 01:54 AM
(I may need a haircut) Now that was a barberous remark!
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