Antedating of "Malapropism"

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Wed Mar 30 15:29:08 UTC 2005

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On Mar 30, 2005, at 3:54 AM, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> malapropism (OED3 1830 Dec.)
>
> 1830 _Amer. Monthly Mag._ Oct. 486 (American Periodical Series)
> What a world the man must live in, if the other malapropisms of this
> ill-assorted planet strike him with similar impressions!

is this "malapropism" in the sense 'something that is malapropos,
socially inappropriate'?

arnold

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