Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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 · 4 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-squareleaky_shower_thought@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days ago“pseudo-anglicisms”. good examples are eye-shopping, relooking, face control and salaryman. their origins are interesting and colorful.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 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-up2·2 days agoi feel you. there was one time i had thought why two relatively common words existed. this ultimately solved the puzzle.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThe infamous Handy that I’m typing this on.
minus-squareleaky_shower_thought@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agothe body bag one is also funny infamous for misinterpretations
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoCool. Similar to anglicism. also, cognate comes to mind here since talking about words between languages.
“pseudo-anglicisms”. good examples are eye-shopping, relooking, face control and salaryman.
their origins are interesting and colorful.
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.
The infamous Handy that I’m typing this on.
the body bag one is also funny infamous for misinterpretations
Cool. Similar to anglicism. also, cognate comes to mind here since talking about words between languages.