learning a new word: mondegreen

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mondegreen - a series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement or song lyric. [The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition; word is derived from an example song lyric]

Examples
- 'rocky cocoa' for 'rococo' (see Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell)