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solecism

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anachronism collapse: an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

faux pas collapse: a socially awkward or tactless act

mispronunciation collapse: incorrect pronunciation

blooper collapse

boo boo collapse

boner collapse

misusage collapse

spoonerism collapse: transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

non sequitur collapse: (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises; a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it

paralogism collapse: an unintentionally invalid argument

indecorum collapse: a lack of decorum

misstatement collapse: a statement that contains a mistake

hysteron proteron collapse: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved; reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')

vulgarism collapse

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

weak point collapse: an attribute that is inadequate or deficient

barbarism collapse

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

bungle collapse: spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"

stupidity collapse: a stupid mistake; a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

blunder collapse: an embarrassing mistake

claptrap collapse

moonshine collapse: whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash; distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

botch collapse: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

infelicity collapse: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

misuse collapse: improper or excessive use

fluff collapse: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines); any light downy material

sophistry collapse

fallacy collapse: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

indiscretion collapse: a petty misdeed; the trait of being injudicious

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