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Thread #126295   Message #2805554
Posted By: Hamish
07-Jan-10 - 04:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Term for predictive text mondegreens
Subject: RE: BS: Term for predictive text mondegreens
For malapropism Thesaurus gives:

abusage, barbarism, catachresis, corruption, cruel treatment, desecration, dissipation, exploitation, harm, ill-treatment, injury, malapropism, maltreatment, misapplication, misemployment, mistreatment, misusage, perversion, profanation, prostitution, rough handling, solecism, squandering, waste

I rather like

cat·a·chre·sis (kt-krss)
n. pl. cat·a·chre·ses (-sz)
1. The misapplication of a word or phrase, as the use of blatant to mean "flagrant."
2. The use of a strained figure of speech, such as a mixed metaphor.


...but it's a bit obscure and doesn't seem to have a verb. So maybe textecrate?