Theo to Ask [email protected]English • 1 month agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-square85fedilinkarrow-up1149file-text
arrow-up1149message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo to Ask [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•1 month agoTmesis, because you can make some unf*ckingbelievable words with it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoBut also fantasfuckingtastic seems fine, to me. Just one letter moved.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 month 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-squareTheoOPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month 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!