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By mixing up these like-sounding words did you make a witticism, malapropism, or absurdism?

If you picked malapropism you’re right!   A malapropism is using a word that sounds like another word but has a completely different meaning.

When Hurricane Mathew came some of us had to evaporate,
Oh dear I made a malapropism I meant we had to evacuate.

Follow the arrow down to discover the correct word.

​I saddled up a thoroughfare and rode down a thoroughbred,
A voice from the sky saying you got it mixed up in your head.
A thoroughbred is a horse and on it you can take a trip,
But a thoroughfare is a path, sometimes an asphalt strip.

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