Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 days agoAnother is Tautonyms: a word made of two of the same words eg. Yo-yo or AT-AT.
Another is Tautonyms: a word made of two of the same words eg. Yo-yo or AT-AT.
Cancan and gogo?