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Just a minor grammar point that does not detract from your argument: It is "for all intents and purposes", not "intensive purposes" https://www.dictionary.com/e/for-all-intents-and-purposes-vs...

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These kinds of substitutions are called eggcorns (like acorns) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

My household has started calling them "Bone Apple Teas".

https://old.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea/

My favorite being a friend called a cul-de-sac a "culture sack". Years later we still laugh about this one.

It’s also true

Geoffrey Pullum, who came up with the term "eggcorn", also came up with "snowclone" [0]. He has had a lot of very interesting posts on Language Log [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone

[1] http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/langlog-posts.html

Language Log is brilliant. Perfect morning reading with my coffee. “Orca emits speech-like sound; reporters go insane“ says more about our culture and media than anything I’ve read for years. Thanks for posting the link.

Til, but I don't even know if I'll change, intents and purposes sounds wrong. :|

"Intents and purposes" has a meaning on its own word-by-word. Not so much with the eggcorn. What is "intensive" about the "purpose" in "intensive purposes"?

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