Catachresis

Noun

1. 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.
2. Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
3. A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.