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Originally posted by dj_bas isn't that an onomatopeia...or whatever that thingy is

An alliteration? Yes it is.

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Originally posted by jennypie An alliteration? Yes it is.

yeah that's the one

onomatopeia is when you spell out a sound right?

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Originally posted by dj_bas yeah that's the one onomatopeia is when you spell out a sound right?

Not sure. I thought it was when a word is spelled the same backwards as forwards - like racecar, but that's actually called something else which escapes me at the moment!

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Originally posted by jennypie Not sure. I thought it was when a word is spelled the same backwards as forwards - like racecar, but that's actually called something else which escapes me at the moment!

thats a palindrome.

onomatopeia is like "wham" or "pow", when a word sounds like what it means.

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Originally posted by Zenchowdah thats a palindrome. onomatopeia is like "wham" or "pow", when a word sounds like what it means.

or "shazam!"

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

Whoosh! Blammo!

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Originally posted by jennypie Whoosh! Blammo!

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