Here is your chance to make word history. No, not world history — word history.
Have you ever been told that you have been incorrectly singing the lyrics to one of your favorite songs? If you’re like us, it happens all the time! This phenomenon is called a mondegreen, and is among the new words being added to the 2008 update of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.
The term means "a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung." For example, many folks think Jimi Hendrix is singing "excuse me while I kiss this guy," instead of the actual lyric, "excuse me while I kiss the sky." We want to hear your favorite mondegreens — click here for details on how to send them in. Don’t procrastinate; you only have three weeks until we choose our favorites.
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster
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