Mishearing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of hearing something incorrectly.

    "The title lyric ["Bei Mir Bistu Shein"], the only part of the original Yiddish preserved by Cahn, was a mondegreen waiting to happen—“My Mere Bits of Shame” and “My Beer, Mr. Shane” were among the earliest recorded mishearings—but the language barrier didn't […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of mishear form-of, gerund, participle, present

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mondegreen

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"The title lyric ["Bei Mir Bistu Shein"], the only part of the original Yiddish preserved by Cahn, was a mondegreen waiting to happen—“My Mere Bits of Shame” and “My Beer, Mr. Shane” were among the earliest recorded mishearings—but the language barrier didn't […]"

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