certainly not an eggcorn ...

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SOr as Alexander Pope might have said had he married, "this long disease, my wife." I think these self-conscious plays on words are called "puns."
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But an amusing typo nonetheless...

> > Instead, it was Yang posing with the trophy and giving the longest
press conference of his wife.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/17/sports/AP-GLF-PGA-Championship.html

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