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seira21
November 2, 2005, 10:12 AM
amphibology \am-fuh-BAH-luh-jee\ noun

: a sentence or phrase that can be interpreted in more than one way

Example sentence:
Not wanting to voice what I really felt, I resorted to amphibology and said, "I can't say too many good things about her."

Simi
November 15, 2005, 01:06 PM
Meander means to follow a winding course or wander aimlessly.

Example:
He was just meandering on the streets.

seira21
November 17, 2005, 11:33 AM
catachresis \kat-uh-KREE-sis\ noun

*1 : use of the wrong word for the context
2 : use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech

Example sentence:
The paper printed a correction for the previous day's catachresis: dubbing a local artist-philanthropist a "socialist" when they meant "socialite."

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animateash
April 9, 2006, 07:04 PM
cool one.....i liek dat meander one very much...

interesting thraed...

luv ash