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Facebook Marketplace can be a great platform if you want to declutter your home and make a little money while doing it. However, it can also be a treasure trove of hilarious and horrible listings. People post all sorts of stuff on there, perhaps not even realizing how funny it might be.

This time, we chose listings with slightly misspelled titles. Courtesy of r/BoneAppleTea, titles that sound right or similar to what they should be. Let's chuckle at how these owners misspelled their listing – doesn't matter intentionally or not. So scroll down to find the funniest marketplace listings shared by people on r/BoneAppleTea.

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Catholic Converter

Catholic Converter

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Autistic Guitar

Autistic Guitar

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My Grandma's Abdomen

My Grandma's Abdomen

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Bored Panda compiled this list of chucklesome marketplace listings from the r/BoneAppleTea subreddit. The community over there loves funny malapropisms. What's a malapropism, you ask?

According to Merriam-Webster, it's a "usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase." One example of a malapropism can be "Jesus healing those leopards." The intention was "lepers" but, as the two words sound similar, the person accidentally spelled it "leopards."

#4

Egomaniac Chair

Egomaniac Chair

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#5

Michael Wave

Michael Wave

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#6

Portal Potty

Portal Potty

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A similar phenomena are eggcorns. The same Merriam-Webster dictionary describes them as "a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression."

New Scientist writes that eggcorns are often more satisfying and poetic than the correct word or expression. An example could be "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes."

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"Coughing"... (Also, Really??)

"Coughing"... (Also, Really??)

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I_imagine_even_worse_w***s
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how it's wearing a hat...probably ro prevent it from getting sick any further!

Tameeza Joyce Lightowler
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the cough that carries you off--it's the coffin they carry you off in. Robert Leland Taylor

CD Mills
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's very pretty. Simple, clean lines and nice accessories. If it were me, I would keep it, we all die at some point.

The Original Bruno
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's paws for a second at what lead to this. The guy was so certain he (or someone he loved) was going to dye, he jumped the gun and bought a coughing, and now he doesn't need it any more. He's been given a new leash on life.

Karen Krause
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You might as well keep it. You know you're going to need it some day.

The Shark
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does it look like the grim reaper tossed his robe on top after a bad day at work?

The Shark
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Grab a sleeping bag and you've got yourself a cozy bed-in-a-box!

Sue
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, wrong diagnosis. No vampire in there at all.

Lady Gypsy Rain
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmmm wrong diagnosis. Sounds like something to rejoice about. Clearly not enough color in this picture. Should really include balloons and streamers. Unless the wrong diagnosis is still fatal - which wouldn’t make sense to sell them unless the diagnosis referenced how tall the op would grow to be and they’ve been hanging onto this “coughing” since birth.

Vivian McBride
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It war a cough that carried him off. It was a coffin they carried him off in.

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Excessive Bike

Excessive Bike

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#9

I Believe This Is An Oregon

I Believe This Is An Oregon

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Eggcorns originated from the altered form of "acorn". Mark Liberman in his linguistics blog Language Log wrote about a woman who would write "eggcorns" instead of "acorns." Since it didn't fit with other phenomena, such as malapropisms and spoonerisms, he went with linguist Geoffrey Pullum's suggestion to refer to them as "eggcorns."

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#10

Fools Ball Table

Fools Ball Table

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Three Draffs

Three Draffs

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Shuffle For Sale

Shuffle For Sale

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There's another strange word – spoonerism. This one is not about spelling or writing. It's an error people make when speaking. A spoonerism happens when a speaker switches the first sounds of two words. The funny meaning is usually not intentional. An example would be “a scoop of boy trouts” instead of “a troop of boy scouts.”

#13

Any Of Y'all Need A Bing Bag?

Any Of Y'all Need A Bing Bag?

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#14

Bob Wire

Bob Wire

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Someone Is Selling “Access” On Fb

Someone Is Selling “Access” On Fb

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And the origin of spoonerisms is quite hilarious as well. It all started with a clergyman around the 1900s. The poor man would often make such slips as "a blushing crow" instead of "a crushing blow."

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Fire Distinguisher

Fire Distinguisher

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Corn Or Sofa

Corn Or Sofa

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Eucalyptus Machines Are My Favorite

Eucalyptus Machines Are My Favorite

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The man's name was William Archibald Spooner. History refers to him as a nervous man and his slips allegedly became the stuff of legends during his lifetime. His last name inspired the official term for such verbal slips as "tons of soil" instead of "sons of toil."

#19

A Beautiful Arm Wall For Sale

A Beautiful Arm Wall For Sale

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#20

Mitch Match Civil Where

Mitch Match Civil Where

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#21

Breakfast Nuke For An Explosive Dining Experience!

Breakfast Nuke For An Explosive Dining Experience!

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If we're talking about spelling and verbal mistakes, let's touch upon misheard utterances as well. Remember that TLC song "Waterfalls" and how many of us thought they were singing "Don't go, Jason Waterfalls?" Although there are several threads about it on the r/BoneAppleTea subreddit, technically it's not a malapropism.

#22

Mid Evil Dagger

Mid Evil Dagger

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#23

Amp A Fire

Amp A Fire

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#24

Hell Of A Deal On A Porsche!

Hell Of A Deal On A Porsche!

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Another common example of a mondegreen is the Jimmy Hendrix lyric "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky." Many people misheard it as "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy." We call these misheard lyrics ‘mondegreens’. In her piece for The New Yorker, Maria Konnikova describes them as "a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, entirely incorrect."

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#25

Watch Her Machine

Watch Her Machine

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#26

Light Savors

Light Savors

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Hearing Loss

Hearing Loss

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The word "mondegreen" originates from journalist Sylvia Wright. She recounted her misheard lyrics on the Scottish folk song 'The Bonny Earl of Morray'. Wright thought the line "Oh, they have slain the Earl o' Morray and laid him on the green" was actually "Oh, they have slain the Earl o' Morray and Lady Mondegreen."

#28

Folder Bull Chairs

Folder Bull Chairs

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#29

What Good Would It Be Without The Mote Control??

What Good Would It Be Without The Mote Control??

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#30

A Very Fancy Branch

A Very Fancy Branch

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Whether the entries on this list are malapropisms, eggcorns or simple autocorrect mistakes, they make for a pretty good laugh. So don't hesitate and upvote your favorite listings from Facebook Marketplace. Also, let us know your funniest spelling or verbal mistake in the comments! 

#31

Mortal Pastel!

Mortal Pastel!

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#32

Will Barrow For Sale

Will Barrow For Sale

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#33

Hair Stylus

Hair Stylus

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#34

It Really Is A Great Sequence Train

It Really Is A Great Sequence Train

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#35

The Lowest Bitter

The Lowest Bitter

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#36

[legit] Mozart? Puccini? Wagner? (Found On Marketplace)

[legit] Mozart? Puccini? Wagner? (Found On Marketplace)

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#37

Foot On Bed

Foot On Bed

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#38

Rocking Cheer

Rocking Cheer

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#39

Such A Beautiful Neckless

Such A Beautiful Neckless

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#40

Fridge Raider

Fridge Raider

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Cats On Pan

Cats On Pan

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Or Best Awful

Or Best Awful

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#43

Ankle Grinder

Ankle Grinder

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#44

Anyone Want A Trampling?

Anyone Want A Trampling?

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#45

But In The End, It Doesn’t Even Matter

But In The End, It Doesn’t Even Matter

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#46

Swayed Couch For Sale

Swayed Couch For Sale

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#47

In Tack

In Tack

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#48

Otter Man

Otter Man

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#49

Band Joe

Band Joe

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#50

Bullet Ten Board. For All Your Ten Bullets

Bullet Ten Board. For All Your Ten Bullets

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#51

Leather Man

Leather Man

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#52

Antic

Antic

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#53

Bran-New

Bran-New

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#54

Still Watch A Bowl? You Decide

Still Watch A Bowl? You Decide

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#55

Who Needs Hybrid Bikes When You Can Get Hi Bread?

Who Needs Hybrid Bikes When You Can Get Hi Bread?

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