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Malliteracy

A condition in which someone consistently writes words and phrases incorrectly; distinct from Illiteracy in that a malliterate person can read and write but simply gets words and phrases wrong.

Malliteracy usually occurs when a person writes words and phrases he or she has only heard but never read, such as:

1. Alot (instead of "a lot.")
2. Alright (instead of "all right.")
3. One in the same (instead of "one and the same.")
4. Pacifically (instead of, "specifically.")
5. Dominate (used as an adjective instead of "dominant.")
6. Volumptuous (instead of "voluptuous.")

(As an aside, if you read an online dating profile from a woman and she uses both of those last two words in the same profile, the odds are extremely high that she's under 5'5" tall and weighs over 300 lbs)
I had a hell of a time trying to read my friend's email, because his malliteracy made it almost impossible to figure out which words he was trying to use.
Malliteracy by Hellzapoppin' June 26, 2021
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Briefcase or a noun of telling someone hes annoying
Jesus Stop being a mallite
Mallite by Mallite214 June 9, 2018
A briefcase or a noun to describe a emo person whom name is jesus
Jesus Stop being a mallitey and give me my car back.
Mallitey by Mallite214 June 9, 2018
a terrible disease you catch after hanging with mars, marsite makes sure you don’t understand things
i… don’t understand?
you have marsite 👹
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malsatego 

Jonathan banged his wife and now he's all malsatego about it.
malsatego by BigBahlMcGee January 13, 2024

Malsatego 

Jimbo got destroyed in a silly game and now he is all malsatego about it.
Malsatego by BigBahlMcGee January 13, 2024
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