English-Finnish translations for malapropism

• malapropismi

Definition of malapropism

• The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one
• An instance of this; malaprop

Examples

• The script employed malapropism to great effect.
• The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
• The humor comes from all the malapropisms.

Related words

• humalapitoinen
• humalapyökki
• silmälappu
• malaperi
• malaperinta
• Malapropismus
• myymäläpäällikkö
• malapropos
• nemalaperi