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-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up35·14 days agoMalaphors are my faves. Like saying "we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it*
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoThank you! I’ve been trying to think of this word for years.
Malaphors are my faves. Like saying "we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it*
Thank you! I’ve been trying to think of this word for years.