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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Juan, see 'syllepsis' #112459 09/24/2003 2:50 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Juan, see 'syllepsis' from MW: >2 : the use of a word in the same grammatical relation to two adjacent (ahem!) words in the context with one literal and the other metaphorical in sense< Okay, AnnaS...gotcha! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the Greeks were stoopid too? tsuwm 09/18/2003 5:17 PM Harrumph® AnnaStrophic 09/18/2003 5:22 PM Re: Harrumph® WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/2003 12:01 PM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? Jackie 09/19/2003 1:03 AM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? wsieber 09/19/2003 7:51 AM Re: syllepsis AnnaStrophic 09/19/2003 12:32 PM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? jmh 09/20/2003 10:02 PM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? tsuwm 09/21/2003 2:39 AM Re: Abdera tsuwm 09/23/2003 4:51 PM Re: Abdera Bingley 09/24/2003 1:32 AM Re: Abdera Faldage 09/24/2003 10:11 AM Re: the Greeks were stoopid too? WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/2003 12:08 PM Juan, see 'syllepsis' AnnaStrophic 09/24/2003 12:53 PM Re: Juan, see 'syllepsis' WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/2003 2:50 PM Re: Juan, see 'syllepsis' AnnaStrophic 09/24/2003 5:12 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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