Theo to Ask LemmyEnglish • 3 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-square87arrow-up1147arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo to Ask LemmyEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square87file-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareTiefling IRLlinkfedilink58•3 days agoMalaphors are my faves. Like saying "we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it*
minus-square@owenfromcanadalinkEnglish13•3 days agoMy favorite lately: “you don’t want to get two birds stoned at once”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 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*
My favorite lately: “you don’t want to get two birds stoned at once”
I’m a glass half-assed kind of guy.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to think of this word for years.