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- A popular explanation for the origin of a term which has been rejected as false by expert etymologists.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- A popular explanation for the origin of a term which has been rejected as false by expert etymologists.
- A modification of a word or its spelling resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail.
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