catachreses in English
noun
1
the use of a word in a way that is not correct, for example, the use of mitigate for militate.
English and American studies, especially, seemed to be focusing on narrative and drama in ways that excluded from study bizarre and interesting phenomena such as obsessive rhythm and catachresis .
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