I'm so glad to have the term mondegreen now; it will surely vie with "earworm" for usefulness. From Wordnik.com. [It's all workin' out. - A Dress A Day] Reference
It's a 'mondegreen', from The Bonnie Earl O' Murray. From Wordnik.com. [Waxing Lyrical] Reference
It's either that or Tony Danza is a common mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Mondegreens] Reference
I wonder if one could make a dress as an ode to the mondegreen?. From Wordnik.com. [It's all workin' out. - A Dress A Day] Reference
A mondegreen most often comes from misunderstood phrases or lyrics. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
Comments so ... what's the difference between an eggcorn and a mondegreen?. From Wordnik.com. [Eggcorns] Reference
The term “mondegreen” was coined by Sylvia Wright in a 1954 Atlantic article. From Wordnik.com. [The Friday Fillip — Slaw] Reference
IN THE COMMENTS: Ruth Anne Adams asks: "Is your misquote an Episcopalian mondegreen?". From Wordnik.com. [Paul Newman has died.] Reference
IOW, is the only distinction that when you put music to an eggcorn, you've suddenly got a mondegreen?. From Wordnik.com. [Eggcorns] Reference
It's the '76 Manfred Mann's Earth Band cover that's responsible for the signature mondegreen on this one. From Wordnik.com. [Shawn Amos: "Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" & Other Misheard Lyrics] Reference
Music doesn't have the PeaPicker's cover of "Chicken Road" but did have a mondegreen version from the Simon Sisters. From Wordnik.com. [The Indian Music Show] Reference
Not a mondegreen, but it's also advisable not to forget yr mum's in the car with you and start singing along to Rocks by Primal Scream. From Wordnik.com. [Mondegreens] Reference
I learned the term "mondegreen" in late 2007. From Wordnik.com. [Mondegreens] Reference
The education on "mondegreen" is my favorite. From Wordnik.com. [It's all workin' out. - A Dress A Day] Reference
About half of what i hear turns into a mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
The mondegreen experience is apparently a common one. From Wordnik.com. [Queen's Journal: Latest stories] Reference
It might be a mere mondegreen, but it makes a much better song. From Wordnik.com. [AMERICAN DIGEST] Reference
I suppose an eggcorn is one word, and more than one word is a mondegreen?. From Wordnik.com. [MetaFilter] Reference
The mistake discussed there is more of a mondegreen, but it involves the same sort of creative mis-hearing. From Wordnik.com. [Language Log] Reference
That's just the first mondegreen off the top of my head (John Fogarty is the muse of all mondegreen singers, after all). From Wordnik.com. [Hiraeth] Reference
(as the tune I know demands), you can hear how 'Abore' is but a mondegreen of. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Abore and Mary Flynn] Reference
Hospital bed blues skies for black hearts koop waltz for koop charlotte gainsbourg the songs that we sing dylan mondegreen broken french. From Wordnik.com. [KPSU - Portland's College Radio] Reference
The term is mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Hold the Close-Up Tony Danza | My[confined]Space] Reference
I love a good mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
My most recent mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Word of the Week #93 - mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Recommended Reading: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith] Reference
It's a different sort of mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of Barack Obama.] Reference
China's mondegreen war on net-censorship. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
One of two equal parts, a half. mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [2009 January 28 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS] Reference
How about dressing AS a mondegreen for Halloween?. From Wordnik.com. [It's all workin' out. - A Dress A Day] Reference
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 06: 57AM mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Hiraeth] Reference
My first mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Or is it a subset of mondegreen, maybe?. From Wordnik.com. [MetaFilter] Reference
Embrace the mondegreen. From Wordnik.com. [Queen's Journal: Latest stories] Reference
And then there's "mondegreen" 1954. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
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