Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11file-text
arrow-up11message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoI enjoy “portmanteau”: the combination of two words to get a new meaning.“Brunch” Malapropisms are great, too. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious”
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoPart of what makes Klein’s Don’t Starve game so quirky and fun is the rampant use of creatures that are portmanteau’s of other creatures. Beefalo Deerclops Koalephant Catcoon
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoATLA does this too, badger moles, lion turtles, etc
I enjoy “portmanteau”: the combination of two words to get a new meaning.“Brunch”
Malapropisms are great, too. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious”
Part of what makes Klein’s Don’t Starve game so quirky and fun is the rampant use of creatures that are portmanteau’s of other creatures.
Beefalo
Deerclops
Koalephant
Catcoon
ATLA does this too, badger moles, lion turtles, etc