Lizet Elaine (simplyn2deep) wrote in 1_million_words,
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Word of the Day 09/26/15 Mondegreen

Mondegreen (noun)
mondegreen [mon-di-green]

noun
1. a word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard.

Origin: 1954; coined by Sylvia Wright, U.S. writer, from the line laid him on the green, interpreted as Lady Mondegreen, in a Scottish ballad

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