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Unread 04-11-2011, 03:06 AM   #107 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thekremlin View Post
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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