I never knew there was an official term for the language phenomenon where people substitute words in common phrases because they don’t know the real words. Apparently, * *this is a relatively new term. Language is so fascinating. Here are a few eggcorn examples.
- Eggcorns → Acorns
- All intensive purposes → All intents and purposes
- Doggy dog world → Dog eat dog world The video about eggcorns on the RobWords YouTube channel
I first heard about eggcorns via a new YouTube channel I recently discovered called RobWords and highly recommend checking it out if you have any interest in language and etymology. I’ve been slowly working my way through all of their videos this week. There is also an [online eggcorn database](https://eggcorns.lascribe.n…
I never knew there was an official term for the language phenomenon where people substitute words in common phrases because they don’t know the real words. Apparently, * *this is a relatively new term. Language is so fascinating. Here are a few eggcorn examples.
- Eggcorns → Acorns
- All intensive purposes → All intents and purposes
- Doggy dog world → Dog eat dog world The video about eggcorns on the RobWords YouTube channel
I first heard about eggcorns via a new YouTube channel I recently discovered called RobWords and highly recommend checking it out if you have any interest in language and etymology. I’ve been slowly working my way through all of their videos this week. There is also an online eggcorn database if you *really *want to dig in.