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[[Archie Bunker]], a character in the American TV sitcom ''[[All in the Family]]'', used malapropisms frequently: he refers, for example, to "off-the-docks Jews" ([[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]]) and the "Women's ''Lubrication'' Movement" (rather than ''Liberation'').<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shapiro|first1=Marianne |last2=Shapiro|first2=Michael |title=From The Critic's Workbench: Essays In Literature And Semiotics |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vkww4u5BnU0C&pg=PA471 |access-date=2012-07-10 |year=2005 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=978-0-8204-7915-6 |chapter=Chapter 21: The semiotics of Archie Bunker}}</ref> Intending to refer to the medical specialized field of [[gynecology]] and to specialist in that field as a gynecologist, he would mispronounce the words as "groinecology" and "groinecologist".<ref>{{cite web|title=Examples of Malaproposism|url=https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-malapropism.html|publisher=YourDictionary.com|accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
[[Tyler Perry]]'s fictional character [[Madea]] is known for her [[Southern United States|Southern]] dialectical usage of malapropisms, which some critics link to the [[Mammy stereotype|mammy archetype]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Merritt|first1=Bishetta D.|first2=Melbourne S.|last2=Cummings|chapter=The African American Woman on Film|title=Interpreting Tyler Perry: Perspectives on Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality|year=2013 |editor=J.S.C. Bell |editor2=R.L. Jackson II|doi=10.4324/9781315889832|isbn=9781315889832}}</ref>
The Doctor says many malapropisms in [[Time and the Rani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the-avocado.org/2020/10/01/doctor-who-classic-s24e01-time-and-the-rani/|title = Doctor Who Classic S24E01 Time and the Rani|access-date = 31 March 2023}}</ref>
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Malapropisms do not occur only as comedic literary devices. They also occur as a kind of [[speech error]] in ordinary speech.<ref name="FayCutler" /> Examples are often quoted in the media.
Similarly, as reported in ''[[New Scientist]]'', an office worker had described a colleague as "a vast ''suppository'' of information". The worker then apologised for his "''[[Miss Marple|Miss-Marple-ism]]''" (i.e., ''malapropism'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18625042.600-feedback.html|title=New Scientist 18 June 2005 ''Malapropism for malapropism''|date=2005-06-18|publisher=Newscientist.com|url-access=subscription|access-date=2012-10-02}}</ref> ''New Scientist'' noted this as possibly the first time anyone had uttered a malapropism for the word ''malapropism'' itself.
[[Bertie Ahern]],
Hall of Fame baseball player [[Yogi Berra]] was well known for corrupting speech, such as "[[Texas]] has a lot of electrical votes", rather than "[[Electoral College (United States)|electoral votes]]".<ref>[http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-malapropism.html Examples of Malapropism]. Examples.yourdictionary.com (2015-10-09)</ref> Berra was so adept at twisting both words and logic the term "[[Yogi_Berra#"Yogi-isms"|''Yogi-ism'']]" was coined to describe his quirky utterances and observations, first recorded on his being honored in his hometown of St. Louis during his rookie season with, "I want to thank everybody for making this day necessary."<ref name=mlb/>
During a Senate hearing, Philippine presidential communications assistant secretary [[Mocha Uson]] stumbled on the legal phrase "right against self-incrimination" by invoking her "right against self-discrimination" instead.<ref>Ager, Maila. (2017-10-04) [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/935422/mocha-invokes-right-against-self-discri-er-incrimination-at-senate-fake-news-hearing: Mocha invokes right against self-discri… er, incrimination at Senate hearing]. ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''. Retrieved on 2017-10-09.</ref>
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], a common [[Internet meme |meme format]] was introduced where Internet users feigned malapropism by substituting the word "pandemic" with similar sounding words (such as "panorama", "pandemonium", or "panini"), a practice often attributed to [[Black Twitter]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Evan Nicole |title=How Nicknames for the Pandemic Became a Popular Online Trend |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/style/pandemic-nicknames.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 April 2022 |date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
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United States congresswoman [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] has used malapropisms in both communications directed at her base as well as when she communicates with the rest of the world, including references to: "peach tree dish"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-green-bill-gates-meat-b2090463.html | title=Marjorie Taylor Greene warns of meat grown in a 'peach tree dish' | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=30 May 2022 }}</ref> ([[petri dish]]), "[[gazpacho]] police,"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-gazpacho-police-response_n_6207756de4b083bd1cbef09a | title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Addresses 'Gazpacho Police' Gaffe, Only Makes the Mockery Worse | date=12 February 2022 }}</ref> ([[gestapo]]), and "fragrantly violated..."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indy100.com/viral/marjorie-taylor-greene-blunder | title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest blunder might be the funniest yet | date=10 June 2022 }}</ref> (flagrantly), among others.
During the lead-up to the 2022 U.S. midterm elections,
==Philosophical implications==
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