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-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-213 days agoIt’s sort of a relief that there’s a term for that and that it occurs in more places than just the Netherlands, because I thought I was going insane.
minus-squareleaky_shower_thought@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoi feel you. there was one time i had thought why two relatively common words existed. this ultimately solved the puzzle.
It’s sort of a relief that there’s a term for that and that it occurs in more places than just the Netherlands, because I thought I was going insane.
i feel you. there was one time i had thought why two relatively common words existed. this ultimately solved the puzzle.