- Look up
catachresis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Catachresis (from Gr**** κατάχρησις, "abuse"),
originally meaning a
semantic misuse or error—e...
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solecism refers to
mistakes in syntax, in the
construction of sentences.
Catachresis Disputed English grammar English as She Is
Spoke Fowler's
Modern English...
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sailed through rougher storms than the
tempest of
these lobbyists."
Catachresis – A
metaphor that is or can be a
stretch for an
audience to
catch on...
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Logical symbols representing iff In
logic and
related fields such as
mathematics and philosophy, "if and only if" (often
shortened as "iff") is...
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dualism of mind and body
rests on a
category mistake.
Apples and
oranges Catachresis Colorless green ideas sleep furiously Not even
wrong Synecdoche Blackburn...
- and metalepsis. To this list we
could easily add aporia, chiasmus, and
catachresis, all of
which are used in the
ritual of Signifyin(g)." Rudy Ray Moore...
- word's
meaning based on
those interpretations. Anti-proverb
Bushism Catachresis Chernomyrdinka Colemanballs Dundrearyism Error (linguistics) Freudian...
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creative expression. Example:
Hamlet saying "I will
speak daggers"—a
catachresis since one
cannot literally "speak a dagger".
Emphasizing a
point by denying...
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distinguish it from the
childish connotations of
fairy tales.
Cacography Catachresis Eye
dialect Lolcat Ough (orthography) § Spelling
reforms Satirical misspelling...
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ideas by
means of
parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences.
Catachresis: A
mixed metaphor,
sometimes used by
design and
sometimes by accident...
