Eggcorn?

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Tue Mar 10 15:07:33 UTC 2009


On Mar 10, 2009, at 1:47 AM, Margaret Lee wrote:

> At a recent Phish concert here in Hampton, a Phish fan "Phish head")
> (female) was quoted in the local newspaper as saying, "It's
> comforting to know that I'm not the only one that wears mixmatch
> clothing and is into other things besides cell phones and bling-
> bling."...

now added to the ecdb, with a couple of clearer examples:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/1096/mixmatch/

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