abbadon420@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoThe word "slyly" looks very aesthetically pleasing. What are other handsome words (any language)?message-squaremessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down19
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-squareThe word "slyly" looks very aesthetically pleasing. What are other handsome words (any language)?abbadon420@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareStatlerwaldorf@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-24 months agoGrawlix - 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”
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’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.
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”
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.