composure -> composer
Benjamin Zimmer
bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Tue Nov 28 15:42:05 UTC 2006
Here's a blog post on the substitution of "composer" for "composure",
as in "he regained his composer":
http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2006/11/who-can-turn-can-into-cane.html
The blogger calls this an eggcorn, but it strikes me as just a
run-of-the-mill malaprop.
--Ben Zimmer
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