SUMPSIMUS
\sˈʌmpsɪməs], \sˈʌmpsɪməs], \s_ˈʌ_m_p_s_ɪ_m_ə_s]\
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a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression; "he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus"
By Princeton University
