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Metaplasmus
Techniques > Use of language > Figures of speech > Metaplasmus
Method | Example | Discussion | See also
Description
Metaplasmus is the deliberate misspelling of a word.
Example
Elizabeth can be spelled as Liz, Eliza, Lizzie, Beth, Bet, etc.
Oh frigging heck!
I'm feeling hippy. I feel like wild six.
Discussion
Words can misspelled because the writer has literacy problem. They may also be deliberately misspelled for a reason, such as:
- Creating a diminutive of a person's forename.
- Euphemism, where forbidden words are hidden in misspelling.
- Puns, where humor is created through the double-meaning of the original word and the misspelled word.
These are the four ways to misspell: addition, omission, substitution and rearrangement.
Classification: Distortion
See also
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