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wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-24 19:50:42
February 24 2014 19:49 GMT
#25041
On February 25 2014 04:47 jcarlsoniv wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2014 04:43 wei2coolman wrote:
Puns is the best answer I can give.

I think homophonic pun is probably the best way to describe it.


it's more than a pun

it can either be double phrasing through double entendre or homophones

EDIT: miss read.

Well in the case of the song he mentioned, pun homophone would fit in that. As far as Wheel of Fortune, it's different. I guess, they're 2 separate cases.
liftlift > tsm
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
February 24 2014 19:54 GMT
#25042
I'd call it something like compound phrases, but that doesn't seem quite right.
It's your boy Guzma!
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
February 24 2014 19:55 GMT
#25043
Is it even usable in a regular sentence though?
liftlift > tsm
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
February 24 2014 19:57 GMT
#25044
the world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum
A backwards poet writes inverse.
MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
February 24 2014 19:57 GMT
#25045
On February 25 2014 04:37 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Friends please advise:

Is there a term for constructions that combine two different phrases/things, sharing a word(s) in the middle?

If you're talking about phrases like "before and after", or "here and there", the closest I can think of is antithesis.

On February 25 2014 04:42 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
"Wheel of fortune cookie," for example, is a combination of "Wheel of Fortune" and "fortune cookie."

"Sailing on the seven seize the day," for example is a combination of "sailing on the seven seas" and "seize the day," utilizing homophones.

I've been wondering this for years I just never voiced the question. I have posted on Facebook I really hope there actually is a term for this :3

I have never heard of these. It's basically mashing two different expressions together? That's basically neologism or something.
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jcarlsoniv
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States27922 Posts
February 24 2014 19:59 GMT
#25046
On February 25 2014 04:57 Dandel Ion wrote:
the world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum


hai5
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Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
February 24 2014 20:00 GMT
#25047
Obviously not referring to the actual phrase "before and after." Moonbear pls.

Yes I'm talking about the "basically mashing two different things together" part. It's not necessarily a neologism since a lot of the ones on Wheel of Fortune, for example, are a bit nonsensical, and the ones that do make sense are usually within the original meanings of the constituents.

The full lyrics in the relevant portion of the aforementioned song, for example, is as follows:

Sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready
Jack the ripper Owens Wilson Phillips and my supper's ready
Lucy in the sky with diamond Dave's not here I come to save the
Day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again
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Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
February 24 2014 20:03 GMT
#25048
It's funner in German though when you can just Donau­dampfschiffahrts­elektrizitäten­hauptbetriebswerk­bauunterbeamten­gesellschaft

The literal translation of the term we use for that kinda thing would be "multiple composition" (=Mehrfachkomposita), but I'm pretty sure that won't help you since it really doesn't work like that in English. Although I'm pretty sure the term also applies to the mashing together of sayings, so maybe.
A backwards poet writes inverse.
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
February 24 2014 20:03 GMT
#25049
I didn't even know people mashed phrases together like this
Bronze player stuck in platinum
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-24 20:05:19
February 24 2014 20:03 GMT
#25050
its kinda like a Zeugma

actually yeah id say its a specific kind of Zeugma
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31495 Posts
February 24 2014 20:08 GMT
#25051
Wow I'm on wikipedia now looking up all of these terms of which I have never heard.
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Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-24 20:11:56
February 24 2014 20:11 GMT
#25052
On February 25 2014 05:08 WaveofShadow wrote:
Wow I'm on wikipedia now looking up all of these terms of which I have never heard.

I was half convinced Cheep was just making those phrases up to make a point
Bronze player stuck in platinum
jcarlsoniv
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States27922 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-24 20:14:11
February 24 2014 20:12 GMT
#25053
On February 25 2014 05:03 ComaDose wrote:
its kinda like a Zeugma

actually yeah id say its a specific kind of Zeugma


Zeugma type 2 - well done

also, that's an awesome fucking word

edit: upon further reading of examples of a zeugma, it's not quite the same, but might be similar enough to be able to classify as a zeugma
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MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
February 24 2014 20:14 GMT
#25054
On February 25 2014 05:00 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Obviously not referring to the actual phrase "before and after." Moonbear pls.

Yes I'm talking about the "basically mashing two different things together" part. It's not necessarily a neologism since a lot of the ones on Wheel of Fortune, for example, are a bit nonsensical, and the ones that do make sense are usually within the original meanings of the constituents.

The full lyrics in the relevant portion of the aforementioned song, for example, is as follows:

Sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready
Jack the ripper Owens Wilson Phillips and my supper's ready
Lucy in the sky with diamond Dave's not here I come to save the
Day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again

Those sentences are so weird and make no sense to me (do they have a cultural meaning?). I can only suggest paraprosdokian, neologism, or just simply making things up while on drugs.
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Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
February 24 2014 20:15 GMT
#25055
It looks like portemanteau but it's probably not it because portemanteau combines 2 or more words to make a single one.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
February 24 2014 20:15 GMT
#25056
this is the worst thread sometimes
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-24 20:17:20
February 24 2014 20:15 GMT
#25057
On February 25 2014 05:12 jcarlsoniv wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2014 05:03 ComaDose wrote:
its kinda like a Zeugma

actually yeah id say its a specific kind of Zeugma


Zeugma type 2 - well done

also, that's an awesome fucking word

almost but not exactly... although it does fit the definition, it doesn't compensate for the grammatical error of using the word in both sentences. I'm not sure if there is a term for that.

im gonna call it a "conjoined anadiplosis semantic syllepsis"
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
AsmodeusXI
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States15536 Posts
February 24 2014 20:17 GMT
#25058
On February 25 2014 05:15 GandhiEAGLE wrote:
this is the best thread always
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Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
February 24 2014 20:18 GMT
#25059
On February 25 2014 05:15 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
this is the worst thread sometimes

A friend is an English teacher. He talked to me about stuff like perlocutory force when we discussed his classes and after being sent on wiki I found the whole thing fascinating.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Cixah
Profile Joined July 2010
United States11285 Posts
February 24 2014 20:18 GMT
#25060
Thank you for reminding me how much I love this song Cheep. Today you are less cancerous.
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