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Lauren Elkin
catachresis
(en)
(noun) use of the wrong word for the context / (noun) use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (as blind mouths)
117
I’m very interested in catachresis, Clémentine is saying. [...] You know, like a euphemism, or a misnaming, or things that there are no names for. Mixed metaphors. Language is an imperfect tool, no matter what Flaubert thought.
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14 hours, 38 minutes ago
I’m very interested in catachresis, Clémentine is saying. [...] You know, like a euphemism, or a misnaming, or things that there are no names for. Mixed metaphors. Language is an imperfect tool, no matter what Flaubert thought.
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14 hours, 38 minutes ago
brio
(en)
(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
197
she’s out there playing Chopin too fast but I don’t know, I don’t mind. I want to resent her but she brings it a certain brio the tubercular Pole probably didn’t have the breath for but that’s her interpretation, her spirit
damn it's so throwaway but i love this
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14 hours, 24 minutes ago
she’s out there playing Chopin too fast but I don’t know, I don’t mind. I want to resent her but she brings it a certain brio the tubercular Pole probably didn’t have the breath for but that’s her interpretation, her spirit
damn it's so throwaway but i love this
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14 hours, 24 minutes ago