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English word malaphor comes from English malapropism, English metaphor

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malapropism (English)

(countable) An instance of this; malaprop.. (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.

metaphor (English)

(countable, GUI) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.. (uncountable, and, countable, figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words [...]

malaphor (English)

(rare, _, neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing an often nonsensical result.

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