New favourite example of an eggcorn!
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 16, 2026 at 3:18 AM
New favourite example of an eggcorn!
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 8:10 PM
i have learned that the word "eggcorn" is not just itself an eggcorn, but because the word "acorn" started as an eggcorn of "oak corn", "eggcorn" is a DOUBLE eggcorn
many thanks to @lingthusiasm.bsky.social for sharing this delightful fact in a bonus episode 🐦🐦
many thanks to @lingthusiasm.bsky.social for sharing this delightful fact in a bonus episode 🐦🐦
October 11, 2024 at 10:13 PM
i have learned that the word "eggcorn" is not just itself an eggcorn, but because the word "acorn" started as an eggcorn of "oak corn", "eggcorn" is a DOUBLE eggcorn
many thanks to @lingthusiasm.bsky.social for sharing this delightful fact in a bonus episode 🐦🐦
many thanks to @lingthusiasm.bsky.social for sharing this delightful fact in a bonus episode 🐦🐦
Fantastic eggcorn
November 5, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Fantastic eggcorn
March 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
safe bet we’ll hear the apparatchiks repeat this phrase, an obvious eggcorn, many times tomorrow like they’ve been saying it all their lives.
BREAKING: Trump pauses attacks on Iran, citing “perimeters of a deal” that would end Tehran’s “nuclear threat” and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. agrees to pause attacks on Iran amid talks over ‘perimeters of a deal,’ Trump says
The president said the U.S. was “locked and loaded and ready to go” against Iran but that he agreed to cancel attacks “subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL.”
nbcnews.to
August 2, 2026 at 6:17 AM
safe bet we’ll hear the apparatchiks repeat this phrase, an obvious eggcorn, many times tomorrow like they’ve been saying it all their lives.
Love an eggcorn in the wild
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 23, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Love an eggcorn in the wild
Hot new topical eggcorn just dropped
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Hot new topical eggcorn just dropped
my name is Mondegreen Eggcorn
May 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
my name is Mondegreen Eggcorn
New eggcorn spotted in the wild: "sure up" instead of "shore up" #eggcorn #linguistics
June 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New eggcorn spotted in the wild: "sure up" instead of "shore up" #eggcorn #linguistics
eggcorn in the wild!
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
April 15, 2026 at 2:14 AM
eggcorn in the wild!
New eggcorn out now
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
New eggcorn out now
Someone once wrote down eggcorn instead of acorn and so now we use the word eggcorn to describe a plausible alternative word that someone uses instead of the proper word and that’s my fact for you to keep today
August 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Someone once wrote down eggcorn instead of acorn and so now we use the word eggcorn to describe a plausible alternative word that someone uses instead of the proper word and that’s my fact for you to keep today
Fun fact: these are called eggcorns! There's a great list here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn.
Eggcorn - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Fun fact: these are called eggcorns! There's a great list here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn.
What a great eggcorn! #linguistics
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
What a great eggcorn! #linguistics
i love this eggcorn because it sounds like drinking the koolaid is called that because you're trying to be cool (which i guess it often is)
September 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM
i love this eggcorn because it sounds like drinking the koolaid is called that because you're trying to be cool (which i guess it often is)
Recently learned this is called an eggcorn, a malapropism that more or less preserves the meaning
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Recently learned this is called an eggcorn, a malapropism that more or less preserves the meaning
Today I learnt 'eggcorn' for something I see all the time!
"An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a plausible new phrase when used in the same context. An eggcorn is an unexpectedly fitting malapropism"
"An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a plausible new phrase when used in the same context. An eggcorn is an unexpectedly fitting malapropism"
I just saw someone use the phrase “lame street media”, and thought “ooh, do they think the term is Main Street media?”, and a search on Bluesky shows that there are people out there who think it is Main Street media.
I love a good eggcorn.
I love a good eggcorn.
March 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today I learnt 'eggcorn' for something I see all the time!
"An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a plausible new phrase when used in the same context. An eggcorn is an unexpectedly fitting malapropism"
"An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a plausible new phrase when used in the same context. An eggcorn is an unexpectedly fitting malapropism"
Věřím, že malapropismy a mondegreeny znáte, ale už jste narazili na eggcorn? @tichotlapka.purr.gold @tomherlik.eu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
Zrovna se tu nad jedním směju.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
Zrovna se tu nad jedním směju.
February 27, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Věřím, že malapropismy a mondegreeny znáte, ale už jste narazili na eggcorn? @tichotlapka.purr.gold @tomherlik.eu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
Zrovna se tu nad jedním směju.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
Zrovna se tu nad jedním směju.
the eggcorn doesn’t fall too far from the tree
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
the eggcorn doesn’t fall too far from the tree
My wife's dog's name is Acorn and today I got to see somebody refer to him as EGGCORN and as a linguist this was very exciting
March 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My wife's dog's name is Acorn and today I got to see somebody refer to him as EGGCORN and as a linguist this was very exciting