Mondegreen

Have you ever sang a song, not knowing the lyrics but singing along, happily, with the wrong lyrics?

'Excuse me while I kiss this guy....'

'Rocket Man...burning up this useless telephone....'

Heh. We've all done it. We just make up the words we think they are saying so we can keep singing.

How about a memory? Ever try to retell a story word for word, but you've forgotten some of them so you make up what you thought it said?

I started wondering if there happened to be a name for doing such things. And there is.

Mondegreen

So, now ya know.