The script employed malapropism to great effect.
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Malapropism
//ˈmæləpɹɒpˌɪzəm//
Synonyms for "malapropism" (94 found)
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25 translations across 15 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- verhaspeling noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Finnish
1 entries- malapropismi noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
French
3 entries- abus de langage noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- impropriété noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- malapropisme noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
German
4 entries- Malapropismus noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- Verballhornung noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- Wortverwechslung noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- Wörtervertauschung noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Hungarian
2 entries- paronimák felcserélése noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- paronimák összekeverése noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Irish
1 entries- mífheilteachas noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Japanese
2 entries- マラプロピズム noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- 言い間違い noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Korean
1 entries- 말라프로피즘 noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Manx
1 entries- neuchooieid focklagh noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- malapropîzm noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- xeletbêjî noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Polish
1 entries- malapropizm noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Russian
1 entries- малапропи́зм noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ain-eirmseachd noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Spanish
3 entries- gazapo noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- malapropismo noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
- yerro noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཚིག་བེད་སྤྱོད་བྱེད་སྟངས་ནོར་བ noun (the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression)
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The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
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The humor comes from all the malapropisms.
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M. Jules Lemaître has reproached Shakespeare for his love of Malapropisms. Those of Dogberry and many of his other low comedy parts are highly diverting buffoonery.
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