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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mal·a·prop·ism /ˈmæləˌprɑˌpɪzəm/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 mal·a·prop·ism n.  A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 malapropism
      n : the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one
          that sounds similar [syn: malaprop]