à¦¶à¦¬à§à¦¦à§à¦° à¦à¦ªà¦ªà§à¦°à¦¯à¦¼à§à¦. the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect (e.g. \\'dance a flamingo \\' instead of flamenco ). synonyms: wrong word, solecism, error, misuse, misusage, misapplication, infelicity, slip of the tongue. he confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar. Whenever I looked glum, my mother would offer to share \\"an amusing antidote\\" with me--an endearing malapropism of \\"anecdote\\" that never failed to cheer me up. Definition of Malapropism a comical misuse of a word that resembles another term in sound Examples of Malapropism in a sentence In class, everyone laughed at Bill\\'s malapropism when he complained about electrical votes instead of electoral votes. Jane was so nervous during the debate she did not realize she had made a malapropism until her opponent made a joke about her word use. When April tried to be witty by using a malapropism in her speech, she realized her word humor fell flat with the serious group of people. As everyone laughed at the funny sentence, the president apologized for the malapropism made by his twisted tongue. The comedian\\'s act consists of him using one malapropism after another to make the audience laugh at his word choices. For an example of a malapropism, my witty husband said that having only one wife equaled monotony instead of monogamy. The prime minister\\'s poor speaking ability led him to make at least one ridiculous malapropism during his media conferences. In her paper about allergy season, Janice wrote a malapropism when she typed sciences instead of sinuses. The boy\\'s speech impairment sometimes causes him to mix up words like moss and moths in a malapropism. While Gary thought his malapropism was humorous, the principal did not share his humor and suspended him for his obscene word blunder.