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Eggcorn Definition: 10 Eggcorn Examples
Written by the MasterClass staff
Last updated: Feb 25, 2022 • 4 min read
When people have misheard a word or phrase, they sometimes repeat it back incorrectly but not completely nonsensically. The term eggcorn refers to this linguistic phenomenon. Learn more about eggcorns and other ways people accidentally scramble language while speaking.