TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square44linkfedilinkfile-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-up8·7 months agoTmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
minus-squareTheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months 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!