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An eggcorn is a soundalike though, isn't it? Deliberately altering idioms to catch people's attention isn't an eggcorn IMO.
by b800h 4y ago
An eggcorn is a soundalike though, isn't it? Deliberately altering idioms to catch people's attention isn't an eggcorn IMO.
- InGoodFaith 4y ago> An eggcorn is a soundalike though, isn't it? Not necessarily, you might be thinking of malapropisms but yes probably a closer word would be the general term: protologism. Another commenter added some useful info on the evocative alteration of metaphors [2] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33757097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33757097