Would you agree with me that "pitch-perfect", despite the phonic similarity, is not a malaphor for "picture-perfect"? The same point is being made; it's simply that a different sense is being invoked.
(I might be inclined to term it an "eggcorn"--a malapropism that, although it's a distortion of the intended word, actually makes sense. The Trope Namer isn't a bad description of the fruit of the oak tree, is it? Another classic example is "Alzheimer's" distorted into "old-timer's disease.")
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Date: 22/09/2017 09:01 pm (UTC)(I might be inclined to term it an "eggcorn"--a malapropism that, although it's a distortion of the intended word, actually makes sense. The Trope Namer isn't a bad description of the fruit of the oak tree, is it? Another classic example is "Alzheimer's" distorted into "old-timer's disease.")