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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Le mot un-juste #167929 05/01/07 06:20 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra OP addict OP Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Can anyone add to this list of "words for the wrong word" ? misnomer spoonerism catachresis malaprop mixed metaphor eggcorn mondegreen Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot un-juste Hydra #167932 05/01/07 10:17 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Solecism. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot un-juste Faldage #167955 05/01/07 02:55 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass misprision (in the sense of "mistaking one thing for another") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot un-juste tsuwm #167973 05/01/07 08:15 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada freudian slip Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot un-juste Zed #167977 05/01/07 09:01 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Misspelling. Too off track? As an aside, I looked up spelling mistake in dictionary.com encyclopedia and it said Did you mean Spelling misteaks? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spelling misteaks olly #167994 05/02/07 03:20 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Holy cow--it DID say that! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Speaking of dictionary.com... Faldage #167996 05/02/07 03:33 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky 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. ------------------------------------------------------------- [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 Last edited by Jackie; 05/02/07 03:35 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of dictionary.com... Jackie #167999 05/02/07 03:55 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass from Soloi, Athenian colony in Cilicia, whose dialect the Athenians considered barbarous. -Online Etymology Dictionary -joe (I may need a haircut) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of dictionary.com... tsuwm #168034 05/03/07 01:54 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky (I may need a haircut) Now that was a barberous remark! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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