Theo to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?message-square87arrow-up1150file-text
arrow-up1150message-squareWhat literary terms like 'palindrome' or 'semordnilap' are your favorite and why?Theo to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square87file-text
For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.
minus-squareTheoOPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•6 months agoI always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
I always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.
You’re right. I’m thinking of malaprop.