▲ 142 ▼ What literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 88 comments fedilink hide all child comments For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) "pseudo-anglicisms". good examples are eye-shopping, relooking, face control and salaryman. their origins are interesting and colorful. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago Cool. Similar to anglicism. also, cognate comes to mind here since talking about words between languages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) The infamous Handy that I'm typing this on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago the body bag one is also funny infamous for misinterpretations permalink fedilink source parent [–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago i feel you. there was one time i had thought why two relatively common words existed. this ultimately solved the puzzle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago Cool. Similar to anglicism. also, cognate comes to mind here since talking about words between languages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) The infamous Handy that I'm typing this on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago the body bag one is also funny infamous for misinterpretations permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago the body bag one is also funny infamous for misinterpretations permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago i feel you. there was one time i had thought why two relatively common words existed. this ultimately solved the puzzle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago i feel you. there was one time i had thought why two relatively common words existed. this ultimately solved the puzzle. permalink fedilink source parent