Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squaresexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 days agoMy favorites are Dr. Richard Chopp (a urologist) and Les McBurney (a fire chief).
minus-squareEpeeGnome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days agoI am going to pretend that he has a cousin named Moore McBurney, the notorious arsonist.
minus-squarekakler bitmap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoYears ago my mother had a pain doc named Dr. Miracle
My favorites are Dr. Richard Chopp (a urologist) and Les McBurney (a fire chief).
I am going to pretend that he has a cousin named Moore McBurney, the notorious arsonist.
Years ago my mother had a pain doc named Dr. Miracle