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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (31326)3/29/2005 1:31:10 AM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
antanaclasis (ant-an-uh-KLAS-is) noun

A play on words in which a key word is repeated in a different,
often contrary, sense.

[From Greek antanaklasis (echo or reflection), from anti- (against) +
ana- + klasis (breaking or bending).]

Some examples of antanaclasis:

o Your argument is sound, nothing but sound. -Benjamin Franklin
o If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
-Vince Lombardi
o Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
-Anonymous

From "A Word A Day"
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