Theo to Ask LemmyEnglish • 2 months agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-square88arrow-up1151arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo to Ask LemmyEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square88file-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareTheoOPlinkEnglish8•2 months agoI always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
I always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
You’re right. I’m thinking of malaprop.