mishy-phen
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Mishy-phen — A mishy phen is a misplacement of a hyphen with the effect of making a word or phrase incomprehensible or ludicrous. Examples:* In the word co worker , a line end hyphen may be placed after the w , so that cow orker appears. * Alleged to have… … Wikipedia
Alt.usage.english — The Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english is devoted to discussion of the English language, especially its usage. It was newgrouped (begun) on May 11 1991 by David Bedno.The newsgroup frequently strays off topic; sometimes off topic discussions last … Wikipedia
