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egg·corn

 (ĕg′kôrn′)
n.
A series of words that result from the misunderstanding of a word or phrase as some other word or phrase having a plausible explanation, as free reign for free rein, or to the manor born for to the manner born (from William Shakespeare's Hamlet).

[Coined by Geoffrey K. Pullum (born 1945), British-born American linguist (eggcorn being an eggcorn for acorn, taken as egg + corn).]
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eggcorn

(ˈɛɡˌkɔːn)
n
a malapropism or misspelling arising from similarity between the sound of the misspelled or misused word and the correct one in the accent of the person making the mistake
[C21: based on the mishearing of acorn as eggcorn, which was considered to be apposite]
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References in periodicals archive
(The incorrect version is an eggcorn resulting from melding the two words.)
(3) Borgman introduced a journal, Word Ways, in 1968, devoted to the area of inquiry he called "logology." Neologisms specific to this putative discipline have sprouted, such as eggcorn, holorime, mondegreen, oronym, and soramimi.
As you have probably noticed by now, the word eggcorn is also an eggcorn--for acorn.
Since its coinage in 2003, the term eggcorn has spread like wildflower throughout the language geek community.
On a whim and a prayer is an eggcorn for on a wing and a prayer.
In April 2017, Jan Gollberg wrote to gently chastise me for using the eggcorn "one in the same" instead of the real phrase, "one and the same," in this space.
The ants are my friends: misheard lyrics, malapropisms, eggcorns and other linguistic gaffes.
I'll leave it you to find out about, 'Dogberrys and 'Eggcorns. I think I was happier not knowing this, as I've said many times, "You can learn something new everyday, if you're not careful."
Ching, For All "Intensive" Purposes: A Primer on Malapropisms, Eggcorns, and Other Rogue Elements of the English Language, infra at 66.
There are several examples of what are called "eggcorns" in the paragraphs above.
Can you put together a list of the eggcorns in this column?
Ching, Major Anne B., For All "Intensive" Purposes: A Primer on Malapropisms, Eggcorns, and Other Rogue Elements of the English Language, Dec.
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