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What literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why? (lemmy.world)
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For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.

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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Eggcorn, when someone mistakenly modifies a word by misinterpreting a part of it. Example: Eggcorn (acorn).

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I once did something sort of like this.

    Back in the early days of the internet, I was on IRC playing trivia. Often people would talk about wag or wagging. I didn't know exactly what it meant but I'm pretty good at inferring from context clues... usually.

    They asked a Star Wars question and of course I knew it right away. I realized in the moment I was practically wagging in anticipation of being correct and I announced it as my first wag.

    Of course, wag stood for wild ass guess so I had gotten the meaning completely backward. It still haunts me to this day, some 35+ years later, even though no one but me probably knew about my mistake.

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