Saturday, November 19, 2005

catachresis [c^at,*e.kr-e's^is] noun.
plural: catachreses

A misuse of a word or phrase accidentally or intentionally.

{From Latin, from Greek...................................................}

2 Comments:

Blogger zl said...

Wo, dude. I think fanojack made this mistake when she used "winner" and Broncos together. Was that like a major catachresis or what?

 
Blogger zl said...

Great word, Jack. You realize I always do this on purpose, right?

 

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