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What does abusage mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) Abuse. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
  2. Improper or incorrect use of language. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
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Eric Partridge, in his Useage and Abusage writes, 'As to cliches, I daresay we are all in agreement.
This abusage is now so widespread that, in 2015, Instagram banned search results for photographs tagged with an aubergine emoji, fearing it could be used as a signifier of nudity.
A stickler for the rules of grammar, Mrs. Walker cringes when she encounters any abusage by the students in her freshman English class.

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