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brachyology
noun
A figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good morning!" (resulting in the abbreviated greeting "morning!")
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epanadiplosis
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verb phrase
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apocopation
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apocope
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set phrase
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hysteron proteron
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expressive style
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function word
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relative clause
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extradictionary
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anacoluthon
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dorism
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paragoge
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antiphrasis
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language unit
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simple sentence
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