Fun with Words: Reduplication
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Credit to the Phrase Finder website for much of the information on this topic. I love words, and one of the great joys of maintaining this blog is getting to learn about, think about, and write about them. I find particular (and perhaps unusual) joy in learning the names of various wordy phenomena. For example, I’ve written previously about feghoots, eggcorns, mondegreens, …
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Fun with Words: Reduplication
Credit to the Phrase Finder website for much of the information on this topic. I love words, and one of the great …
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Feghoots and Shaggy Dogs
Not familiar with a feghoot? I bet you really are. You just didn’t know that’s what it’s called.
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“Capitulate” and “Recapitulate”
You would think that “recapitulate” meant “to capitulate again,” right? Wrong. Read on.
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