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A.Word.A.Day--palilogy Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio palilogy (puh-LIL-uh-jee) noun The technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis. Also, palillogy. [From Greek palillogia recapitulation, equivalent to palin again, back + -logia -logy.] "What Highet calls a tricolon we may today call a palilogy, the deliberate repetition of words and grammatical presentations, a sort of parallelism in threes." Bret L. Keeling, H.D. and `The Contest': archaeology of a Sapphic gaze, Twentieth Century Literature, Jun 22, 1998. This week's theme: words about words. X-Bonus Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright, comedian (1955- )

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