• Statlerwaldorf@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    Grawlix - the use of punctuation to convey swearing in comics or cartoons. @#!&

    Malapropism - incorrectly using a word that sounds similar to the intended word. Like Mike Tyson famously saying that he’d “fade into Bolivian”

    Malaphor - combining one or more metaphors incorrectly like “we’ll burn that bridge then we come to it”

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      3 months ago

      I’ve loved “we’ll burn that bridge when we come to it” ever since a character in Robert Asprin’s Mythadventures series used it. Fun books.