solecism

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The Word of the Day for April 10 is:

solecism   \SAH-luh-sih-zum\   noun 
     1 : an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; 
also : a minor blunder in speech 
     2 : something deviating from the proper, normal, or 
accepted order 
    *3 : a breach of etiquette or decorum

Example sentence: 
     In traditional Japanese households, it is a solecism to 
keep on your shoes upon entering.

Did you know?
     Soloi had a reputation for bad grammar. That city, located 
in Cilicia, an ancient coastal nation in Asia Minor, was 
populated by Athenian colonists called "soloikos" 
(literally "inhabitant of Soloi"). According to historians, the 
colonists of Soloi allowed their native Athenian Greek to be 
corrupted and they fell to using words incorrectly. As a 
result, "soloikos" gained a new meaning: "speaking incorrectly." 
The Greeks used that sense as the basis of "soloikismos," 
meaning "an ungrammatical combination of words." That root in 
turn gave rise to the Latin "soloecismus," the direct ancestor 
of the English word "solecism." Nowadays, "solecism" can refer 
to social blunders as well as sloppy syntax.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.