Linguisitic Word of the Day

[CajunCenturion]

Since the alphaDictionary.com Word of the Day is a linguistic term, I thought it might be of interest to the group.

zeugma

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[AngelB]

Ooh good word! Makes me have to read a sentence again to get it sometimes though

Gez




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[ChrisHunt]

Didn't know there was a word for that. A favorite example from the Flanders & Swann song Have Some Madeira M'dear:

And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, his cigar and the wine and the lamps
"Have some madeira m'dear...

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