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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Need a word, please Faldage #189060 02/02/2010 2:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I was thinking irony, yes, thank you. But isn't there some word or phrase for when this kind of thing is used deliberately as a...gimmick, or lure, to pique the audience's interest? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Need a word, please Jackie 02/01/2010 10:06 PM Re: Need a word, please zmjezhd 02/02/2010 12:28 AM Re: Need a word, please Faldage 02/02/2010 12:29 AM Re: Need a word, please Jackie 02/02/2010 2:19 AM Re: Need a word, please twosleepy 02/02/2010 5:23 PM Re: Need a word, please Jackie 02/03/2010 2:54 AM 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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