Definition of "malapropisms" [malapropisms]

• Plural form of malapropism. (noun)

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• "Dudu, the orphan with the briefcase and a line in malapropisms, was the first character to take shape."
• "The DVD features Al Franken and others commenting on nucular-strength malapropisms from the presidentiary such as:"
• "J.mes J. Kilpatrick Woodville, Virginia While I'm not sure that all Mr. White's examples are precisely what I think of as "malapropisms" -- some are simply scrambled metaphors, while others sound rather bullish (in the Irish sense) -- I submit two further examples of inventive speech, both from the same high school student of mine in Dexter, Maine: "That really hits the nail on the spot" and "No, not by a long short.""