mon·de·green (m n d -gr n , môn-)n. A series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement or song lyric. For example, I led the pigeons to the flag for I pledge allegiance to the flag. [After (Lady) Mondegreen, a misinterpretation of the line (hae laid) him on the green, from the song "The Bonny Earl of Murray".] |
mondegreen [ˈmɒndɪˌgriːn]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a word or phrase that is misinterpreted as another word or phrase, usually with an amusing result
[from the Scottish ballad `The Bonny Earl of Murray', in which the line laid him on the green can be misheard as Lady Mondegreen]
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