Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squarefool@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoAlso known as autoantonym (antonym of itself). e.g. “Because of my oversight, my project is finished.” Did the person make an oversight, i.e. a mistake, and now his project is done for? Or did the person’s well-adjusted oversight, i.e. management, help complete his project on time?
Also known as autoantonym (antonym of itself). e.g. “Because of my oversight, my project is finished.”
Did the person make an oversight, i.e. a mistake, and now his project is done for?
Or did the person’s well-adjusted oversight, i.e. management, help complete his project on time?