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- noun Plural form of
mondegreen .
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Examples
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Soundalike pharses are sometimes called mondegreens, from the misconstruction of an English ballad: “Lady Mondegreen” instead of “Laid him on the green.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Most Commonly Misspelled Phrases: 2007
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I'm not talking about "mondegreens" or misheard lyrics--a fun topic in itself.
Archive 2008-06-01 Kylopod 2008
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I'm not talking about "mondegreens" or misheard lyrics--a fun topic in itself.
Musical rorschach Kylopod 2008
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Other famous mondegreens include Excuse me while I kiss this guy, and There's a bathroom on the right.
Archive 2009-01-01 lili 2009
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Other famous mondegreens include Excuse me while I kiss this guy, and There's a bathroom on the right.
Mondegreens lili 2009
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That said, there was "fun" to be had with mondegreens and some of them make it to the top of this week's column.
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Nor did I know that misheard song lyrics are called, rather charmingly, `mondegreens.'
January 1st, 2009 2009
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(There's a great website called kissthisguy. com that's named after the frequently misheard Hendrix song listed below and is dedicated to the cataloging of mondegreens.)
Shawn Amos: "Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" & Other Misheard Lyrics 2009
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July 7th, 2008 at 2:52 pm misheard lyrics = mondegreens
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Sylvia Wright coined the term for misheard lyrics — mondegreens — in a 1954 Atlantic magazine article.
edwardvielmetti commented on the word mondegreens
see mondegreen, I hope.
October 19, 2007