sumpsimus
sump·si·mus
noun
1.
a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
- “he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus”
Origin
From Latin sumpsimus, c. 1540-50. See mumpsimus for details.
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