Etymology

buckle cavity

Today it means: Malapropistic misconstruction of buccal cavity Full definition →

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The story

Due to the substitution of the correct buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) with its homophone and etymological relation buckle (“fastening metal rim”).

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