Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-squareDharlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoTmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 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-up1·2 days agoBut also fantasfuckingtastic seems fine, to me. Just one letter moved.
minus-squaredigehode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoI had an Austin Powers shirt with lines similar to: ‘fanf*ckingtastic’ all over it , lol. There is a word for everything.
Tmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
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.
Lol. I had no idea.
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
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!