Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days 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-squareajoebyanyothername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·9 days agoI’m a fan of semantic satiation, wherein you hear something so much that it doesn’t sound like a real word anymore.
minus-squarefool@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-29 days agoSay it with me, boys: Squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoI’m not sure I’ll ever truly recover what “telephone” means… it’s like a fleeting hazy picture, disappearing as I turn to look
I’m a fan of semantic satiation, wherein you hear something so much that it doesn’t sound like a real word anymore.
Say it with me, boys:
Squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel.
Thanks, I hate it!
I’m not sure I’ll ever truly recover what “telephone” means… it’s like a fleeting hazy picture, disappearing as I turn to look