mondeblue
noun. A misunderstood or misstated idiom or saying. Usually an accidental combining of two sayings.
comes from the word mondegreen and the word blue (to make an error)
comes from the word mondegreen and the word blue (to make an error)
Examples of a mondeblue:
Off like a bucket of prawns in a sock (a cross between off like a bucket of prawns in the sun/off like a frog in a sock)
A chip off the old shoulder (a cross between a chip off the old block/a chip on your shoulder)
Missed the bandwagon (a cross between missed the boat/jump on the bandwagon)
Off like a bucket of prawns in a sock (a cross between off like a bucket of prawns in the sun/off like a frog in a sock)
A chip off the old shoulder (a cross between a chip off the old block/a chip on your shoulder)
Missed the bandwagon (a cross between missed the boat/jump on the bandwagon)