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For those that like this sort of thing, Wikipedia calls them malapropisms [1]. Reddit has a bunch of them at r/BoneAppleTea [2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org
by jewel 3y ago
For those that like this sort of thing, Wikipedia calls them malapropisms [1]. Reddit has a bunch of them at r/BoneAppleTea [2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism
[2]: https://old.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea https://old.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea.
- the_af 3y agoThis is likely not a malapropism (incorrect usage of a word because it sounds similar to the correct word) but simply a pronunciation mistake. That is, I bet if we asked the speaker to write it down, he would write "quid pro quo", no birds to be seen.