MALAPROPISMS VII

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Identify the malapropism in each sentence below and supply the correct word. 

1. Everything on the menu was thoroughly detectable.

 

2. He was infatuated at the state prison.

 

3. St. Paul and Minneapolis are contagious cities.

 

4. That question is entirely irreverent the discussion.

 

5. Samuel Clemens wrote under the homonym of Mark Twain.

 

6. Being a totalitarian, he never drank liquor.

 

7. The lightning storm eliminated the skyline.

 

8. A nefarious sort, he enjoyed mingling with other people.

 

9. A world in which everyone was kind would be a myopia.

 

10. The TV documentary on child labor was an anarchist for reform.

Answers:

 

1. detectable - delectable

2. infatuated - incarcerated

3. contagious - contiguous

4. irreverent - irrelevant

5. homonym - pseudonym

6. totalitarian - teetotaler

7. eliminated - illuminated

8. nefarious - gregarious

9. myopia - utopia

10. anarchist - catalyst