The script employed malapropism to great effect.
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Malapropism
/ˈmæləpɹɒpˌɪzəm/
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barbarismbullcalembourcatachresischiasmuscircumlocutionclimaxconversioncorruptionecphonesisemphasisequivocalityequivoqueexclamationfigure of speechflufffolk etymologygeminationgrammatical errorhowler
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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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