Theo to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-square87fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-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•6 months agoMalaphors are my faves. Like saying "we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it*
minus-square@owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•6 months agoMy favorite lately: “you don’t want to get two birds stoned at once”
minus-square@Classy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•6 months 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.