04-11-2011, 03:06 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 267
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thekremlin
A song lyric that is often misheard as another set of words is called a "mondegreen". For example, in the Bruce Springsteen song "Blinded by the Light", the original lyric, "revved up like a deuce" is often misheard as "revved up like a douche". The douche part is a mondegreen.
Mondegreen is my new favorite word.
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Uhhhh.... proof?
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