The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #20525   Message #2895891
Posted By: GUEST,highlandman at work
28-Apr-10 - 09:12 AM
Thread Name: Bobbie McGee's 'harpoon'
Subject: RE: Bobbie McGee's 'harpoon'
A mondegreen is when you hear something unfamiliar as something similar-sounding which is more familiar.

(bad moon on the rise => bathroom on the right)

I don't think it works in reverse.

Or should we call it a neergednom?
-Glenn