abbadon420@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe word "slyly" looks very aesthetically pleasing. What are other handsome words (any language)?message-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareThe word "slyly" looks very aesthetically pleasing. What are other handsome words (any language)?abbadon420@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareStatlerwaldorf@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoGrawlix - the use of punctuation to convey swearing in comics or cartoons. @#!& Malapropism - incorrectly using a word that sounds similar to the intended word. Like Mike Tyson famously saying that he’d “fade into Bolivian” Malaphor - combining one or more metaphors incorrectly like “we’ll burn that bridge then we come to it”
Grawlix - the use of punctuation to convey swearing in comics or cartoons. @#!&
Malapropism - incorrectly using a word that sounds similar to the intended word. Like Mike Tyson famously saying that he’d “fade into Bolivian”
Malaphor - combining one or more metaphors incorrectly like “we’ll burn that bridge then we come to it”