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Word of the Day – Mondegreen

Mondegreen (noun)

mon-duh-green

A word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung.

How have I never come across this before? Especially considering how many times I’ve misheard song lyrics?

Example sentences

“My son used to sing the lyric ‘Exhale, exhale’ as ‘Quicksave Quicksave’, such a wonderful mondegreen”

“Have you seen those hysterical mondegreen videos? My favourite is the Twilight one.”

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