Is there such a phenomenon as "undercorrection/hypocorrection?

[Wilson Gray]

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>Yeah but that's copula deletion (who < who's) not possessive deletion.

Quite so. I regret the error.

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>What I haven't heard is "The baby who daddy that is called me yesterday" =
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>On the "Maury" show, you'll hear formations like "Who yo baby daddy,
>bitch?!" a zillion times.