For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.

  • metaStatic
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    243 days ago

    Irony

    like Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia being the fear of long words

    • TheoOP
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      123 days ago

      And lisp having an S in it or rhotacism having an R. Ironic: yes, cruel: definitely!

      • @[email protected]
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        3 days ago

        I think that might depend on accent. I pronounce it like bottle… which is also a glottal stop with those accents. Okay I pronounce it like gobble but with t’s instead of b’s.

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          Yeah in most North American dialects it’s produced with a tap/flap, not a glottal stop. Unfortunate, because it would be very fun if it were true for us.