Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26·edit-214 days agoI enjoy “portmanteau”: the combination of two words to get a new meaning.“Brunch” Malapropisms are great, too. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious”
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·14 days agoThat’s a new one. I didn’t know about malapropisms. There is a daily wordle style game I cannot think of what it is called for portmanteaus.
minus-squareBananaPeal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoIf you like malapropisms, you’ll love Martha Plimpton’s character in Raising Hope, Virginia. Procrasturbate and vaginacologist are a couple favorites. Bonus: her middle name is Slims. Virginia Slims Chance
I enjoy “portmanteau”: the combination of two words to get a new meaning.“Brunch”
Malapropisms are great, too. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious”
That’s a new one. I didn’t know about malapropisms. There is a daily wordle style game I cannot think of what it is called for portmanteaus.
If you like malapropisms, you’ll love Martha Plimpton’s character in Raising Hope, Virginia. Procrasturbate and vaginacologist are a couple favorites.
Bonus: her middle name is Slims. Virginia Slims Chance