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  "description": "The word for today is…\n\ncatechresis (noun) -\n\n1: use of the wrong word for the context\n2: use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (such as blind mouths)\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : As you might have guessed, catachresis is a word favored by grammarians. It can sometimes be used merely as a fancy label of disparagement for uses the grammarian finds unacceptable -as when Henry Fowler insisted in 1926 that mutual in \"our mutual friend\" was a catachresis. (Fowler prefe",
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  "textContent": "The word for today is…\n\ncatechresis (noun) -\n\n1: use of the wrong word for the context\n2: use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (such as blind mouths)\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : As you might have guessed, catachresis is a word favored by grammarians. It can sometimes be used merely as a fancy label of disparagement for uses the grammarian finds unacceptable -as when Henry Fowler insisted in 1926 that mutual in \"our mutual friend\" was a catachresis. (Fowler preferred common, but mutual does have an established sense which is correct in that context.) The earliest recorded uses of catachresis date to the mid-16th century, and it has been used to describe (or decry) misuses of a word ever since. Catachresis comes to us by way of Latin from the Greek word katachrēsis, which means \"misuse.\"\n\n**_If you enjoyed this Good Oil word of the day please consider sharing it with your friends and, especially, your children._**",
  "title": "The Good Oil Word of the Day",
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