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These funky musical mishearings even have their own name: mondegreens. Popular Science, "This is why you mishear popular song lyrics," 23 Jan. 2020

That’s called a mondegreen, when a word or phrase is created after mishearing something said or sung. Southern Living, "Today Is National Ampersand Day," 8 Sep. 2017

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