| măl'ə-prŏp-ĭz'əm - ludicrous misuse of a word, a humorous confusion of words that sound vaguely similar...
some of these fit that definition exactly, others are phrases that are more guilty of simply conflating two cliches or mixed metaphors, others are more aptly called mondegreens...these are especially plentiful when it comes to the interpreations of song lyrics
all of these have been heard in real places in the real world
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you're just cutting off your nose despite your face |
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i've been at the cold face on this job |
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i just saw a self-acrested cockatoo |
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it was done in one foul swoop |
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he did it off his own back |
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that's a bit holier than now |
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and what does that pacifically entail? |
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it's the bain marie of my life |
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she looked like lady cadiver |
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he's getting too big for his bridges |
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i'm hanging on by the skin of my nails |
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let's get down to brass roots |
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that's it in lame man's terms |
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i don't like to be taken for granite |
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it ran the whole gambit from... to... |
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he's just a wolf in cheap clothing |
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irregardless of that fact... |
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for all intensive purposes... |
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are you saying i have channel vision about it? |
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they were just a consessional teacher |
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have you got a fire distinguisher? |
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back then i was a bit green behind the ears |
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they always make me the escape goat |
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that's another feather in your boa |
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where is my search??
keep me in the loophole