Sunday, 10 November 2013

Epizeuxis

   In linguistics, an epizeuxis is the repetition of words in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis.  Damn, damn, damn - that's another word I need in my vocabulary and will probably forget.
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3 comments:

  1. Librarian10 November 2013 at 08:14

    New to me, this one. I wonder how long I will remember it.

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  2. messymimi10 November 2013 at 16:33

    So it's an epizeuxis when i ask for permission to say a bad word, and then, with permission, yell "bad word, bad word, bad word"!

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  3. Cat14 November 2013 at 03:21

    Kinda like words, words, words...

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