" I like eggcorn, " Sokolowski said, " because it's a word about words."

“我喜欢eggcorn(耳误词，口误词)，”索科洛夫斯基说，“因为它是一个关于词语的词。”

The dictionary says eggcorn is a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used for another word.

词典上说，eggcorn是一个听起来像被误用作另一个词的词或短语。

What's your most embarrassing malaphor or eggcorn?

你最尴尬的 malaphor 或 eggcorn 是什么？

While eggcorns can be great fun, nothing brings people together like a misheard line or lyric.

虽然蛋玉米很有趣，但没有什么比一句听错的台词或歌词更能让人们走到一起了。

Linguist Geoffrey Pullum coined the term eggcorn to describe these idiosyncratic substitutions after a woman famously said " eggcorn" when she meant " acorn" .

语言学家杰弗里· 普勒姆 ( Geoffrey Pullum) 创造了“eggcorn” 一词来描述这些特殊的替代品，因为一位女士在意为“ 橡子” 时说了“ eggcorn” 。