# My new Word Game - Malapropism

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/my-new-word-game-malapropism/11218>\
**Category:** Promote your App\
**Tags:** bestapps\
**Created:** [November 26, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/my-new-word-game-malapropism/11218 "2017-11-26T10:22:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Viet\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71c47a/32.png) [@Viet\_Nguyen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Viet_Nguyen)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/my-new-word-game-malapropism/11218/1 "2017-11-26T10:22:33Z")

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A malapropism is the misuse of a word that creates a ridiculous sentence, usually as a result of confusing similar-sounding words. This can create embarrassing situations for people, especially during public speeches.

Some examples of malapropism are:

- Mrs. Malaprop said, “Illiterate him quite from your memory” (obliterate)
- Yogi Berra said “Texas has a lot of electrical votes.” (electoral votes)
- “Patience is a virgin.” (virtue) – Archie Bunker from “All in the Family”
- “It will take time to restore chaos and order.” - President George W. Bush
- “They have miscalculated me as a leader.” - President George W. Bush

You can download the game at:

> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thunkable.android.riddlegoapp.malapropism>
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> MalaPropism is a simple and addictive speed reading game with multiple choice answers, allowing you to quickly read a famous quote and select which word is incorrect (i.e. a malapropism or a catachresis). With MalaPropism, you will be able to improve your reading speed, expand your vocabulary as well as have a bit of laugh at funny mistakes from famous people.Together with Equivocation, Aposiopesis, Spoonerism and Anacoluthon, Malapropism and Catachresis make up for majority numbers of mistakes ...

It contains hundreds of malapropism examples and fun to play. Hope you like it!

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**Author:** ![Jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@Jack](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Jack)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/my-new-word-game-malapropism/11218/2 "2017-12-19T20:13:40Z")

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I am working on an app similar to yours. Would you be willing to share code?

I’m struggling with loading questions from a file and showing them one at a time. And tracking the success or failure of correct answers. I can do one if I hard code the question but loading from an external file is a struggle.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/my-new-word-game-malapropism/11218/3 "2024-11-08T12:05:51Z")

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