Generally, we only invent new words when we have new objects, or concepts, to describe. Eggcorn is a new word, but it describes a concepts as old as language. Learn about eggcorns, and share your ...

If you’ve been signalled out by friends for saying ‘when all is set and done’, you’re not alone – linguists even have a word for it Learning your mother tongue might seem effortless, but doesn’t ...

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What, you may well ask, is an eggcorn? It comes from a mishearing of the word “acorn”, and has come to stand for any word or phrase that is mistakenly used in a seemingly plausible way for another ...

If you reinterpret “in fetal position” as “in feeble position” or use “hunger pains” rather than “hunger pangs,” you’ve got yourself an eggcorn. The word There is now an Eggcorn Database, where you ...

Please pause if you're about to tell us our headline should say "spread like wildfire." We intentionally slipped an eggcorn into that line — something we couldn't have done a week ago because, frankly ...