a phrase in a song or poem that someone hears wrongly and thinks that a different phrase is being sung or said. For example, in the song ’Purple Haze’ by Jimi Hendrix, the listener, hearing ’Scuse me while I kiss the sky’, might think they are hearing ’Scuse me while I kiss this guy’.
Synonyms and related words
Types of phrase or expression
adage
aphorism
axiom
mondegreen
noun countable
US /ˈmɑndəˌɡrin/
DEFINITIONS1
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a phrase in a song or poem that someone hears wrongly and thinks that a different phrase is being sung or said. For example, in the song “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix, the listener, hearing “Scuse me while I kiss the sky”, might think they are hearing “Scuse me while I kiss this guy”.