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| Topic | What does your username even mean? Post your insights here |
| Medussa 06/25/18 8:15:00 PM #96: | eggcorn posted... In linguistics, an eggcorn is an idiosyncratic substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound similar or identical in the speaker's dialect. The new phrase introduces a meaning that is different from the original but plausible in the same context, such as "old-timers' disease" for "Alzheimer's disease". An eggcorn can be described as an intra-lingual phono-semantic matching, a matching in which the intended word and substitute are from the same language. is eggcorn an eggcorn for something? did you coin the term, or is your username a happy coincidence? --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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