In the old radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, Fibber would often use an incorrect word in his sentence. Molly would be quick about correcting him giving the definition of the word that he used, which Fibber retorts with another word that he confused for the first words definition.
Fibber is referencing a plant when he said, "Trailing arthritis, I think they were."
Molly quickly corrects him, "No, you don't mean arthritis, you mean trailing arbutus."
"I do not, Arbutus was a guy in Shakespeare. He's the guy who stabbed Caesar in the toga."
"No, that was Brutus."
"Go on...you're thinking of that fairy tale, Puss in Brutus."
Yes, it was very corny, but that was the radio days. So we can start out with an incorrect word in context, you must give the correct word (as Molly), and then a bogus definition or context for that word for the next person to correct (as Fibber). The bogus definition or description must be for a real word.
So....Arbutus was a guy in Shakespeare. He's the guy who stabbed Caesar.
No, you mean...Brutus
No, Brutus is the combustible liquid found in lighters.
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