Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareDhar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoTmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoI had an Austin Powers shirt with lines similar to: ‘fanf*ckingtastic’ all over it , lol. There is a word for everything.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoIn linguistics this is called expletive infixation. It’s a good example of the inherent grammar of language that we are never directly taught but know anyway. For example, we know fanfuckingtastic is correct but fantafuckingstic is wrong.
minus-squaredigehode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoBut also fantasfuckingtastic seems fine, to me. Just one letter moved.
minus-squaredigehode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoHmm. I really struggled to type that and now I know why. Clearly my brain knew something was wrong but my conscious mi d was not seeing it
Tmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
I had an Austin Powers shirt with lines similar to: ‘fanf*ckingtastic’ all over it , lol. There is a word for everything.
A tmesis T, awesome!
In linguistics this is called expletive infixation. It’s a good example of the inherent grammar of language that we are never directly taught but know anyway. For example, we know fanfuckingtastic is correct but fantafuckingstic is wrong.
But also fantasfuckingtastic seems fine, to me. Just one letter moved.
Fantastastic?
Hmm. I really struggled to type that and now I know why. Clearly my brain knew something was wrong but my conscious mi d was not seeing it