Malapropism

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Malapropism

• The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion
  with one that sounds familiar.
• Etymology
• From the character of Mrs. Malaprop in Richard
  Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775). One of her
  noteworthy Malapropism m(and similes is "as
  headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the
  Nile."

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• Tell her Im good-looking and Im rich and I
  have a rapist wit. Lloyd Christmas, Dumb and
  Dumber
• Here, rapist is used instead of rapier.

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• I already made like affinity of those at scout
  camp!
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Here, affinity is used instead of infinity.

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• Youre my density. George McFly, Back to the
  Future
• Here, density is used instead of destiny.

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Anthropomorphism

• The representation of objects as having human
  form or traits.

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• George Orwell uses anthropomorphism in his book
  Animal Farm, giving human characteristics to the
  animals.

In the movie Cars, all the cars are given human
characteristics.
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• Mickey Mouse is an anthropomorphic mouse, given
  many human characteristics.