 News, wit, and satire interwoven into hilarious, educational examples of figures of speech and snappy comebacks! This site is a real find!Figure of Speech: autophasia (auto FAY sia), the rule that swallows itself.examples: "Honk if you hate noise" and the bumper sticker "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU'RE TOO CLOSE" Autophasia literally means "the speaking of oneself," and it's one of our favorite fallacious figures. The only way you can understand the bumper sticker's warning is to violate it -- a perfect autophasia.
Absolutely! How the heck has this gem eluded me to this point? Even Rumsfeld's misunderstood, and thus much manligned though brilliant and poetic "known unknown, unknown unknowns" statement got props. ~ pop ~ |
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