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-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 days agoI like the term homological/autological and it’s opposite, heterological (words that describe themselves, and words that describe the opposite of themselves, respectively) And portmanteau.
I like the term homological/autological and it’s opposite, heterological (words that describe themselves, and words that describe the opposite of themselves, respectively)
And portmanteau.