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malaprop
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Noun malaprop has 1 sense
- malaprop(n = noun.communication) malapropism - the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar; Array is a kind of misstatement
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malaprop
Misnomer
N misnomer, lucus a non lucendo, Mrs, Malaprop, what d'ye call 'em, Hoosier, nickname, sobriquet, by-name, assumed name, assumed title, alias, nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pseudonym, pseudonymy, misnamed, pseudonymous, soi-disant, self called, self styled, self christened, so-called, nameless, anonymous, without a having no name, innominate, unnamed, unacknowledged, in no sense.
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