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    Words That Women Have Coined

  2. List of words in white outline, with central word in bold white font, on dark green background: “mondegreen, eggcorn, crash blossom, ghost word, zeugma, sesquipedalian, snowclone”

    Portmanteau And Other Cool Words About How We Use Words

    We make it no secret here that we think words are really cool. In English, we can do a lot of cool things with words like make metaphors, rhymes, or craft groan-worthy puns that even the most tolerant of dads will roll their eyes at. To help express our love of vocabulary, we found a bunch of fun terms that describe a lot of different …

  3. Has Your Family Been Singing These Kids Song Lyrics Incorrectly?

  4. Learn About “Mumpsimus” And Other Embarrassing Speech Blunders

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    What’s It Called When You Misinterpret Lyrics?

    What is a mondegreen? Have you ever heard someone sing the wrong lyrics to a song? Maybe a child gave the nursery rhyme “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” a new meaning by replacing the line “life is but a dream” with “life’s a butter dream.” Or maybe you’ve unironically belted out “Excuse me while I kiss this guy,” instead of Jimi Hendrix’s intended lyrics, “Excuse me …