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  1. An amusing slip of the tongue, arising from
  2. the confusion of similar-sounding words. The
  3. term derives from the French mal a propos
  4. (inappropriate); historically, it is
  5. associated with Mrs Malaprop, a character in
  6. Sheridan's play The Rivals 1775, who was the
  7. pineapple (pinnacle) of perfection in such
  8. matters.
  9.