Friday, November 30, 2012

New Words and Cute Guys #1

Onomatopoeia
noun / on-a-mata-pia /

1. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle, bang, coo)

2. The use of such words for rhetorical effect as in: These guys are sizzling hot!

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