Eggcorn: a word or phrase that is mistakenly used for another word or phrase because it sounds similar and seems logical or plausible.

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Eggcorn: a word or phrase that is mistakenly used for another word or phrase because it sounds similar and seems logical or plausible.

Here’s a fun video on the subject if you want greater detail.

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aMockTie

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I just discovered the Rob Words YouTube channel recently and this is an excellent video of his.

I especially liked his breakdown of the history of the term eggcorn and how it differs from similar linguistic phenomena.

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lemm.ee

Yeah, I loved the video! I actually watched that first before looking it up myself. People don’t seem to click on videos in this sub, but I still wanted to share the info and added the video if people were still interested in more.

The one that finally got me in the vid was “Full Reign”->”Full Rein”