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antanaclasis
noun
The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of pun
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antanaclasis
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antistasis
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pun
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punnology
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annomination
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paragram
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agnomination
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paronomastic
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biverbal
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shaggy dog story
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wordplay
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polyptoton
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set phrase
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word play
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figure of speech
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antiphrasis
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internal rhyme
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dead metaphor
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cynghanedd
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paragrammatist
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rhetorical device
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eye rhyme
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antiphrastic
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gongorism
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punchline
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tralation
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joke
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socratic irony
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punny
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hysteron proteron
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alliteration
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cliche
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ploce
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rhymeless
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hyperbaton
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ironize
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drollingly
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cacozelia
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brachyology
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perfect rhyme
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epanadiplosis
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hypallage
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waggery
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platitudinize
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gagwriter
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sarcasm
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tropist
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tropology
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paradiastole
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phrase
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irony
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ideophone
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dorism
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berhyme
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ecphonesis
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wordish
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allusion
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expressive style
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metaphor
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monorhyme
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unsarcastic
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dramatic irony
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jocosity
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apocope
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amphigory
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logogriph
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quipper
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verb phrase
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apocopation
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cockneyism
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corny
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rhyme scheme
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brachylogy
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autological
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content word
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slang
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onomatope
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rhyme royal
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overword
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idiom
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tushery
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noun phrase
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hudibrastic
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mot juste
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wellerism
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metalepsis
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jestful
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antimetathesis
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laconism
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unhumorous
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amphigoric
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witling
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paronym
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polyseme
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laughworthy
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bon mot
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ironic
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cacoepy
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verbalist
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hyperbole
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versemonger
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antanaclasis
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