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-squareDhar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·13 days agoTmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoI had an Austin Powers shirt with lines similar to: ‘fanf*ckingtastic’ all over it , lol. There is a word for everything.
Tmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
I had an Austin Powers shirt with lines similar to: ‘fanf*ckingtastic’ all over it , lol. There is a word for everything.
A tmesis T, awesome!