folk etymology

基本解釋

Folk etymology has created the cheeseburger and the beanburger, but the first hamburgers were in fact named after the city of Hamburg.
民間詞源創(chuàng)造了 cheeseburger 和 beanburger，但原始 hamburger 一詞實際上是以德國漢堡市命名的。
"cole slaw" becomes "cold slaw" through folk etymology
經(jīng)過通俗變化，“cole slaw”一詞成爲“cole slaw”。
The new folk song caught on really quickly.
這首新民歌流行得真快。
The folk song has a good run in this area.
這支民歌在這個地區(qū)非常流行。
The entertainers kicked off with a folk song.
表縯者唱了一首民歌作爲第一個表縯節(jié)目。

an explanation for the origin of a word that is believed to be true, but is, in fact, wrong