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- domacle
When there's a play on two words, to make up a commonly known word (or words) that already exist?
For example;
Indie Skies = In disguise
Is this just called a play on words, and does anyone have any other examples?
- fourth0
they're cinanoms
- bjladams0
mondegreens
- neandersthal0
Malapropism?
- stewdio0
Two words that form one that already exists? Not sure. Two words to form a new word? Portmanteau.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Por…
- GRAC0
yep...a cinnamon.
- _niko0
it's all good, man!
- meffid0
Lost in Chinatown = Disorientaled.
- dbloc0
a quick google search got me this..
Homonyms are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things.
- ArtOrDie0
That's what a quick Google search will get you... An incorrect answer...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/d…
Homonyms are spelled the same with different meaning.
- ArtOrDie0
As opposed to "there" / "their" / "they're", which are homophones, but still not relevant to the question asked.
- BusterBoy0
herpes?
- monNom0
ahem. it's a pun.
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
- seeessess0
Cumbernauld
- domacle0
Does anyone have any examples?
- bjladams0
just look up the mad gabs game...
