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APOSIOPESIS

Postby Bailey » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:24 pm

ap·o·si·o·pe·sis (p-s-pss)
n. pl. ap·o·si·o·pe·ses (-sz)
A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.

[Late Latin aposipsis, from Greek, from aposipn, to become silent : apo-, intensive pref.; see apo- + sipn, to be silent (from sip, silence).]


apo·sio·petic (-ptk) adj.

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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsNoun 1. aposiopesis - breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

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Postby gailr » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:58 pm

Also a shameless hint for an "applause opportunity" during a speech.

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Postby portokalos » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:33 am

The word is also related with the accomplice.
"What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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Postby Perry » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:33 am

"Did you ever stop to think, and then forget to start again?"
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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Postby Bailey » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:53 am

Perry, that was schtick from a famous comedian, I forget who. Gailr will tell us, though.

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Postby gailr » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:22 pm

Perry will have to tell us; schtick is his schtick. :D
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Postby Palewriter » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:41 pm

How come we never get great words like "schtick" on WOTD? :-)

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Postby Perry » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:41 pm

I really don't have a clue. I just noticed this on a bumper sticker, and had a good laugh.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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Postby Palewriter » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:48 pm

I really don't have a clue. I just noticed this on a bumper sticker, and had a good laugh.
Must have been a bumper schticker.

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Postby gailr » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:15 pm

Must have been a bumper schticker.
Political examples are for schticking it to the man.

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Postby portokalos » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:09 am

Apohab(v)nosis?
Αποχαύνωση;
"What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky-The Brothers Karamazov


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