Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Word of the day: m’onderstanding

About “Low bridge, everybody down”: I said to Elaine yesterday that there should be a word like mondegreen to characterize a misunderstanding of a song lyric. Not a mishearing, a misunderstanding.

And she suggested m’onderstanding: a blend of misunderstanding and my understanding, with just a trace of mondegreen. It’s perfect.

Thank you, Elaine.

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