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Eat Your Mondegreens!

Posted: Thursday, May 14th, 2009 @ 12:01 pm in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I learned a new word yesterday. It’s a great word.
Are you ready for it?
With thanks to Oxford University Press and the daily usage tips of legal-writing guru, Bryan Garner, the word is:

Mondegreen (1).
A mondegreen is a misheard lyric, saying, catchphrase, or slogan. The word was coined by the Scottish writer Sylvia Wright in a […]

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