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Noun: sumpsimus
  1. A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression
    "he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus"

Derived forms: sumpsimuses

Type of: expression, locution, saying

Encyclopedia: Sumpsimus

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