catachrestic
/ˌkætəˈkrɛstɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or involving catachresis; characterized by the misuse or strained use of words.
- Some critics found the poet's catachrestic style confusing rather than creative.
- The comedian's catachrestic humor relied on deliberately using words in the wrong way.
- The teacher explained that the phrase 'the foot of the mountain' is catachrestic but widely accepted.