Theo to Ask [email protected]English • 3 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-square84fedilinkarrow-up1145file-text
arrow-up1145message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo to Ask [email protected]English • 3 days agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareTheoOPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days agoI always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
I always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
You’re right. I’m thinking of malaprop.