Tag: wordplay

Mondegreen: Misheard Lyrics and Their Humorous Impact

A mondegreen is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase, often from…

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Malapropisms: The Humorous Misuse of Words

Malapropisms are the often humorous misuse of a word in place of…

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Heteronyms: Words That Sound the Same, Mean Different Things

Heteronyms are words that share the same spelling but have different pronunciations…

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Cockney Rhyming Slang Explained

Explore the origins and evolution of Cockney Rhyming Slang, a unique London…

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Backronym: When Acronyms Get a New Meaning

A backronym is an acronym formed from a phrase, but then reinterpreted…

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Antimetabole

Antimetabole is a rhetorical device where a phrase or a clause is…

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Acrostics: Crafting Meaningful Wordplay

Acrostics are poems or other compositions where certain letters in each line,…

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