Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·17 days agoIrony like Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia being the fear of long words
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 days agoAnd lisp having an S in it or rhotacism having an R. Ironic: yes, cruel: definitely!
Irony
like Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia being the fear of long words
And lisp having an S in it or rhotacism having an R. Ironic: yes, cruel: definitely!