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eggcorn
Idiosyncratic substitution of a word or phrase, such as "egg corn" for "acorn".
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subclass of
word or phrase
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phono-semantic matching
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named after
acorn
named by
Geoffrey K. Pullum
start time
September 2003
applies to name of subject
eggcorn
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reference URL
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/science/20lang.html?ex=1308456000&en=76bbb00d355e9796&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
retrieved
10 May 2020
discoverer or inventor
Geoffrey K. Pullum
subject has role
coiner
time of discovery or invention
September 2003
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Mark Liberman
time of discovery or invention
September 2003
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different from
mondegreen
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folk etymology
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pun
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Identifiers
BabelNet ID
00630274n
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Freebase ID
/m/050clb
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Microsoft Academic ID
2777004342
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