Have you ever mistakenly used the completely wrong word while speaking, causing weird looks or perhaps laughter? Well, you’re not alone—celebrities, politicians, and well-known fictional characters do ...

Last week, I wrote about malapropisms, the misuse of words in an illiterate but humorous manner. Today I feature a special kind of malapropism. An Austin, Texas, emergency medical technician answered ...

'Malapropism' refers to the humorous or mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often resulting in an unintentionally amusing or absurd effect. It usually happens when a speaker ...

This column strives to be a vast suppository of information about the English language, because I believe that the amount of education you have determines your loot in life. Now, you may think I meant ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. American film director Judd Apatow once confessed to Stephen Colbert that he’d been mispronouncing his wife Leslie Mann’s name for ...

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