eggcornish?

[Brenda Lester]

>From a YAHOO! article about M-W's new words:And then there's "mondegreen." In a category of its own, it describes words mistaken for other words. A mondegreen most often comes from misunderstood phrases or lyrics. It comes from an old Scottish ballad in which the lyric "laid him on the green" has been confused over time with "Lady Mondegreen." bl    ------------------------------------------------------------
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The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org