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Eggcorns

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

roughly paraphrased from wiki: an eggcorn is a substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound similar. 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"

Anyone have a particular favourite? "Escape goat" always cracks me up!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Is it not scapecoat ?

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By *razy-CplCouple over a year ago

and surrounding areas