| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| In speech rather than song, the equivalent of "mondegreen" | The Times Specialist Sunday | 12 Oct 2025 |
| A phrase created by mishearing, such as “damp squid” or “preying mantis” | The Times Specialist Sunday | 02 Oct 2022 |
| *Squirrel food? ... or the formal term for any of the starred plausible-yet-wrong answers | Universal | 16 Mar 2019 |
| *Squirrel food? ... or the formal term for any of the starred plausible-yet-wrong answers | ||
| Phrase like "all intensive purposes" or "free reign," resulting from mishearing |