How to pronounce eggcorn
American English pronunciation
EG-korn
- IPA
- /ˈɛɡˌkɔɹn/
- Syllables
- EG · korn (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What eggcorn means
A misheard word or phrase that still seems to make sense
In a sentence: Saying "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes" is an eggcorn.
Where it comes from: A language expert suggested the name in 2003, after hearing of a woman who had always thought acorn was egg corn.
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