(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.