malapropism /malˈə-pro-pi-zm/

1. The misapplication of words without mispronunciation, from Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's play, The Rivals, who uses words malapropos
2. A word so used

• smattered
• smatterer
• smatterers
• smattering
• smatteringly
• smatterings
• smatters
• smaze
• smazes
• SMD
• SME
• smear
• smear campaign
• smear campaigns
• smear dab
• smear-dab
• smeared
• smearer
• smearers
• smearier
• smeariest
• smearily
• smeariness
• smearinesses
• smearing