malapropism
noun
1. an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
2. an example of such misuse.
example:
[...] the five-day deodorant pads she forgot to bring, flush toilets, machine-washed clothes and other things, as she says with her willful gift for malapropism, that she has taken "for granite."
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