Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 7 is put through the ringer as a teardown shows its difficulties
I'd have called 'ringer' a malapropism in this context, but apparently it might be better described as an eggcorn. Makes sense, presumably only people of a certain age would be familiar with a wringer.
From Wikipedia -
An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements,[1] creating a new phrase that is plausible when used in the same context.[2] Thus, an eggcorn is an unexpectedly fitting or creative malapropism. Eggcorns often arise as people attempt to make sense of a stock phrase that uses a term unfamiliar to them.
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Ah, now that's most interesting. Once I even wrote to the songwriter concerned in the States (Elvin Bishop) at the time to check on the correct words, as it was not searchable.
My favourite is Lady Mondegreen.
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