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Help my dumb butt remember this word...

her209

her209

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What's the word that basically says something has a double meaning. I think its ends with an -ism. It's bugging me that I can't remember it. ARGGG!@!!!#1
 
Originally posted by: her209
What's the word that basically says something has a double meaning. I think its ends with an -ism. It's bugging me that I can't remember it. ARGGG!@!!!#1
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you may be thinking of a euphemism.... then again you might not
 
I think I got it. You're thinking of "equivocation" or one of its variants. Actually that means someone incorrectly uses a word and an alternate meaning of the same word (perhaps a homonym) as if the two issues are related by the completely random fact that the original word has a second unrelated meaning.
 
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?
 
Originally posted by: her209
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?
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Misinterpretation 🙂
 
Originally posted by: her209
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?
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Allusion?

Allusion to sex?
 
Main Entry: hom·onym
Pronunciation: 'hä-m&-"nim, 'hO-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin homonymum, from Greek homOnymon, from neuter of homOnymos
Date: 1697
1 a : HOMOPHONE b : HOMOGRAPH c : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail)
2 : NAMESAKE
3 : a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank -- compare SYNONYM
 
Main Entry: eu·phe·mism
Pronunciation: 'yü-f&-"mi-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek euphEmismos, from euphEmos auspicious, sounding good, from eu- + phEmE speech, from phanai to speak -- more at BAN
Date: circa 1681
: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted
 
Originally posted by: her209
Okay, basically, when I say something... it can be interpreted two different ways. A lot of times, there's an allusion to sex. What is that called?
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That's a euphemism... why doesn't anyone pay attention to what I say on this board? 😱
 
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