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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Non-standard: In fact, many moms say there's no way they would let their children do what their own parents gave them free reign to do as kids. [ 93 ] Non-standard : Brooks allowed Durant and Westbrook free reign as players and kept an open-door policy in terms of suggestions, not that he had much choice.

  3. Mondegreen - Wikipedia

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    A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n / ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.

  4. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The word crap did not originate as a back-formation of British plumber Thomas Crapper's apt surname. The word crap ultimately comes from Medieval Latin crappa. The word fuck did not originate in the Middle Ages as an acronym. Proposed acronyms include "fornicating under consent of king" or "for unlawful carnal knowledge", used as a sign posted ...

  5. False cognate - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Hebrew word דַּל dal ("poor") (which is a false cognate of the phono-semantically similar English word dull) is used in the new Israeli Hebrew expression אין רגע דל en rega dal (literally "There is no poor moment") as a phono-semantic matching for the English expression Never a dull moment.

  6. Misnomer - Wikipedia

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    A misnomer may also be a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly. [2] The word "misnomer" does not mean " misunderstanding " or " popular misconception ", [ 2 ] and a number of misnomers remain in common usage — which is to say that a word being a misnomer does not necessarily make usage of the word incorrect.

  7. Misunderstand - Wikipedia

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    Misunderstanding (disambiguation), various; Misunderstood (disambiguation), various This page was last edited on 23 March 2017, at 22:40 (UTC). Text is ...

  8. YouTube Kids - Wikipedia

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    YouTube has also presented advocacy campaigns through special playlists featured on YouTube Kids, including "#ReadAlong" (a series of videos, primarily featuring kinetic typography) to promote literacy, [12] "#TodayILearned" (which featured a playlist of STEM-oriented programs and videos), [13] and "Make it Healthy, Make it Fun" (a ...

  9. Miscommunication - Wikipedia

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    Is this a duck or a rabbit? Are these two faces or is it a vase?. Miscommunication ("mis" + "communication") is the failure of communicating clearly the intended message or idea. [1]