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-squareleaky_shower_thought@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days ago“pseudo-anglicisms”. good examples are eye-shopping, relooking, face control and salaryman. their origins are interesting and colorful.
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoCool. Similar to anglicism. also, cognate comes to mind here since talking about words between languages.
“pseudo-anglicisms”. good examples are eye-shopping, relooking, face control and salaryman.
their origins are interesting and colorful.
Cool. Similar to anglicism. also, cognate comes to mind here since talking about words between languages.