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-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·14 days agoAnother is Tautonyms: a word made of two of the same words eg. Yo-yo or AT-AT.
Another is Tautonyms: a word made of two of the same words eg. Yo-yo or AT-AT.
Cancan and gogo?