Eggcorns, homophones, thesauritis, and funky back formations...

[cimorene]

1. He had to contentiously stop his mind from going down these roads.


2. "Oh contraire,"


3. terns his car off


4. a full proof way to cool off


5. a small chuckle at his earnesty


6. underneath the hospital gown that Eddie now dawns.

... and also, is there a concise term for "slightly misusing a word due to misunderstanding its precise meaning"?

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

I really like the idea of earnesty as a word! I mean, why not? It's a legit construction.

[cimorene]

It feels a little poetic, doesn't it? That's always the effect of this kind of... alternative form.