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Raga Word of the Day: 6th August
Catachresis
/kat-uh-kree-sis/,
noun
Misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.
The catachresis on display on the internet would make most users of the Queen's English cringe.
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