- ¡Dichosas moscas!, "****ed flies!".
Antiphrasis is a Gr**** word
which means 'opposite words'. Some
euphemisms are
antiphrasis, such as "Eumenides" 'the gracious...
- in a taxonomy, e.g., the
confusion of
mouse and rat in some dialects.
Antiphrasis:
Change based on a
contrastive aspect of the concepts, e.g., perfect...
-
disappointed on the best side')
means 'to be
pleasantly surprised'.
Antiphrasis Hyperbole ****us
Project Il.24.159 "litotes".
Oxford English Dictionary...
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Negative words such as bad and sick
sometimes acquire ironic senses by
antiphrasis referring to
traits that are
impressive and admired, if not necessarily...
- the
cupboard for
twenty days,
because then it
would turn into wine."
Antiphrasis Apophatic theology Argument from
ignorance Argument from
silence Elephant...
- derrière)
Proper Names Rhyming Slang (Loucherbem) Back
Slang (Javanais)
Antiphrasis Dog
Latin More or Less
Opera English (Italianismes) For ze
Frrensh (Poor...
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coined by
mountaineer Sir
Arnold Lunn. It has not
entered common use.
Antiphrasis Autantonym Euphemism Geoffrey T. ****man, The Talk of the Town, "Phrop...
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meaning of the
corresponding negative, or vice versa. For
examples see
antiphrasis and sarcasm. For the use of
double negations or
similar as understatements...
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subject of irony.
Hutcheon rejects the
traditional definition of
irony as
antiphrasis, or
saying the
opposite of what one means. Instead, she
suggests that...
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something that is not human, such as an
animal or a god (see zoomorphism).
Antiphrasis: a name or a
phrase used
ironically such that it is
obvious of what the...
