A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.