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Chris -- 2018-04-11
621,000 occurrences on Google. Merriam Webster defines breeches thus:
Main Entry: breech
Pronunciation: ‘brEch
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, breeches, from Old English brEc, plural of brOc leg covering; akin to Old High German bruoh breeches, Latin braca pants
1 plural /’bri-ch&z also ‘brE-/ a : short pants covering the hips and thighs and fitting snugly at the lower edges at or just below the knee b : PANTS
2 a : the hind end of the body : BUTTOCKS b : BREECH PRESENTATION; also : a fetus that is presented breech first
3 : the part of a firearm at the rear of the barrel
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This misspelling of security breach certainly creates an amusing image of, say, a pair of security pants. Probably the only thing that prevents it from qualifying as an eggcorn is that those who mistakenly use the term “security breech” don’t literally mean breech; they still intend to say breach (as it is defined). That is, unless you happen to locate examples that refute this!
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Is that like a chastity belt?
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