murder the King's English

verb

Roget 568: use bad grammar, faulty grammar; solecize^†, commit a solecism; murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, break Priscian's head.   

Roget 583: stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate^†, balbucinate^†, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.    mumble, mutter; maud^†, mauder^†; whisper etc. 405; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump^†; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay^†.    ... show more

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