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-squaresexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoMy favorite spoonerism growing up was when someone in church would say “Bow your eyes and close your heads”. I haven’t been to church in 15 years but it still makes me chuckle thinking about it.
My favorite spoonerism growing up was when someone in church would say “Bow your eyes and close your heads”. I haven’t been to church in 15 years but it still makes me chuckle thinking about it.
Shame it’s not a Spoonerism.