TheOrcWhoWrites to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 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?TheOrcWhoWrites to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 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-square@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•7 months agoIn linguistics this is called expletive infixation. It’s a good example of the inherent grammar of language that we are never directly taught but know anyway. For example, we know fanfuckingtastic is correct but fantafuckingstic is wrong.
minus-square@digehode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•7 months agoBut also fantasfuckingtastic seems fine, to me. Just one letter moved.
minus-square@digehode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•7 months agoHmm. I really struggled to type that and now I know why. Clearly my brain knew something was wrong but my conscious mi d was not seeing it
In linguistics this is called expletive infixation. It’s a good example of the inherent grammar of language that we are never directly taught but know anyway. For example, we know fanfuckingtastic is correct but fantafuckingstic is wrong.
Lol. I had no idea.
But also fantasfuckingtastic seems fine, to me. Just one letter moved.
Fantastastic?
Hmm. I really struggled to type that and now I know why. Clearly my brain knew something was wrong but my conscious mi d was not seeing it