1. a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression; - Example: "he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sumpsimus
n 1: a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but
incorrect expression; "he preferred his erroneous but
pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus"