Hypozeuxis

[xacto]

The dog ate the cat, the cat ate the rat, and the rat ate the cheese.

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[sluggo]

Long time no see

[xacto]

Hypozeuxis is related to zeugma, but is kind of opposite. Syllepsis is a subset of zeugma that is often ironic or humorous because the word which is the 'yoke' serves two divergent meanings. Here's a nice example of syllepsis from the master, Groucho Marx - "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Hope you've been well!

[sgtred]

What did the cheese eat?

[xacto]

i don't like replying to comments, except yours. btw; goat jism, maybe?

[sgtred]

Possibly. It is a good result if things go well for at least one party - or if the goat is flying solo.

[xacto]

'goat jism' was intended as possible answer to the question about what cheese might have eaten. to step back a bit, the original sentence wasn't meant to be considered meaningfully, but as my attempt at hypozeuxis. i've been reading about linguistics and i'm just floored by the crazy terminology. hypozeuxis is stringing together parallel clauses. not that exciting, but its a funny word.

Not sure how much you're on lj anymore

[scifigal]

But as I have changed *all* my entries to friends only, I am adding more people. So, hello!

[batboymaxx]

*waves*

Maxx, here. Can I add ya?

email addy is maxxdestruction at gmail

howdy

[xacto]

thanks for add! don't do much lj these days, but glad i still keep it around. see you soon!

[ceneides]

Great work keep it coming, best blog on earth