50 Photos Showing Times People Used The Wrong Words, Leading To A Whole Load Of The Funniest Mishaps

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Maryjane

• Published in Funny
• December 2, 2022

An official term for the abuse of a word that sounds similar to the right one is called "malapropism." It's remarkably prevalent, especially when compared to the vast English vocabulary, and it frequently appears in the everyday speech.

However, because a malapropism has a hilarious effect, writers will occasionally utilize it as a literary device. The Rivals, a drama by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is where the phrase first appeared.

In order to make the audience laugh, the character Mrs. Malaprop does precisely that in the story. Mal à propos, which translates to "wrongly or poorly placed," is likely where Mrs. Malaprop got her name.

The borrowed word is spelled "malapropos" in English and means "inappropriate or inappropriately." It all began with a ridiculous image as a screenshot of Facebook user Dunta Pickett's viral post from August 1, 2016, in which he shared a picture of his birthday dinner and instead of writing "bon appétit," wished himself "bone apple tea."

After just one month, a subreddit with the same name was created with the aim of compiling instances of people struggling to express themselves. The phrase quickly became a household phrase on the internet.

In the end, the "Bone Apple Tea" community grew to 1.2 million members, and based on the volume of new content it produces, that number will keep on rising.

1. Chicken Case Of Ideas

2. Horrors Cope

3. Alpaca Lips

4. Caucasian

5. Build Board

6. Skin

7. Mosquito Skeleton Society

8. Very Nice Mid Evil Chair

9. Commitments

10. Someone Needs To Tell Friday We Need Gas

11. Larva Lamp

12. He Do Be Coffin Skate-Ing Tho

13. Lemonade These Papers

14. ‘Currently I’m Into Essential Oil Diffusers And Incest’

15. Uncle?

16. Calling Flower Taste Like Ribs

17. Not For Grandad

18. Walked Right Pasta Me In Her Linguine!

19. Alvin And The Chick Mucks

20. Accept The Feet

21. Closed For Personal Circumcisions

22. Sorry For The Incontinence

23. Violent

24. May Body, May Rules

25. Super Observant… On Wet Surfaces

26. Job Requirements: Be A Ghost Rider

27. Shelf And Steam

28. Milk Which Inspires

29. Call The Corner

30. Sally Manilla

31. I Mean, I Assume Haiti Is Hot Too

32. Al Gore Rhythm

33. Monogamy Dresser

34. All Tomato

35. Organic Butterfly

36. A B*tch You Worried

37. If You Incest

38. Head Lice For Sale

39. Takin A Bath

40. Beware The Green Reaper!

41. Laughing Historically

42. “A Soon”

43. The Aarons

44. My Man Said First A Fall

45. Arthur Writes This

46. “She’s Cake” - I Was Toll Define Members Of This Sub Would Enjoy This

47. Pain Apple

48. Gin Knee Pig

49. Criminalized Onion

50. Portal Potties

Mispronunciations or "slips of the tongue" can also signal language shifts, which are not just embarrassing mistakes. In fact, sometimes we speak with mispronunciations because they are so common.

Which of these wrong words made you laugh out loud? Drop your comments below and share this post as well.

Maryjane