malapropism
(also
malapropism
)
noun
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).
言葉の滑稽な誤用〘riceをliceとするような類音語の取り違えによる〙
ORIGIN
mid
19th century
: from the name of the character
Mrs Malaprop
in
Sheridan
's play The
Rivals
(1775) +
-ism
.