Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1136file-text
arrow-up1136message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareTiefling IRLlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·3 days agoMalaphors are my faves. Like saying "we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it*
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoMy favorite lately: “you don’t want to get two birds stoned at once”
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 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.