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sumpsimus
noun
A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
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noun
A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
“He preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus”
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He preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus
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