The synonymous term "Dogberryism" comes from the 1598 Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing in which the character Dogberry utters many malapropisms to humorous effect. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of "malapropos" in English is from 1630, and the first person known to have used the word "malaprop" specifically in the sense of "a speech error" is Lord Byron in 1814. Sheridan chose her name in humorous reference to the word malapropos, an adjective or adverb meaning "inappropriate" or "inappropriately", derived from the French phrase mal à propos (literally "poorly placed"). Malaprop frequently misspeaks (to comic effect) by using words which do not have the meaning that she intends but which sound similar to words that do. Malaprop" in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals. The word "malapropism" (and its earlier form, "malaprop") comes from a character named "Mrs. Malaprop in an 1895 production of The Rivals Humorous malapropisms are the type that attract the most attention and commentary, but bland malapropisms are common in speech and writing.Įtymology Louisa Lane Drew as Mrs. Philosopher Donald Davidson has said that malapropisms show the complex process through which the brain translates thoughts into language. Malapropisms often occur as errors in natural speech and are sometimes the subject of media attention, especially when made by politicians or other prominent individuals. He's amphibious", with the accidental use of amphibious rather than the intended ambidextrous.
An example is the statement attributed to baseball player Yogi Berra, regarding switch hitters, "He hits from both sides of the plate. A malapropism (also called a malaprop, acyrologia, or Dogberryism) is the use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance.
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