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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"pseudo-anglicisms". good examples are eye-shopping, relooking, face control and salaryman.

their origins are interesting and colorful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Cool. Similar to anglicism. also, cognate comes to mind here since talking about words between languages.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The infamous Handy that I'm typing this on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

the body bag one is also funny infamous for misinterpretations

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

i feel you. there was one time i had thought why two relatively common words existed. this ultimately solved the puzzle.