malaprop in English
noun
1
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco ).
noun
malapropism
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1. Mrs Malaprop is one of the most delicious characters ever to gratify the stage.
2. The Hollywood Reporter reports: Norm Crosby, the stand-up comedian who spent more than five decades amusing and Bemusing audiences in nightclubs and on television as the “Master of the Malaprop,” has died
3. “Listen to the Blabbing brook.” Comedian Norm Crosby is known as “The Master of Malaprop." In this line, he calls a brook "Blabbing" (as though it won't stop talking) when he really means "babbling" (which refers to the soft sound of water flowing)