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From Airy-Fairy to Yummy Mummy: A Journey Through Our Favourite Rhyming Phrases by Mark Broatch (Paperback / softback, 2016)
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Reduplication of vowel variation, that's how the Oxford English Dictionary describes the kind of rhyming, near-rhyming and reverberating expressions that occupy a big part of this book. Reduplicated words often have one word that supplies the basic sense and a rhyming, frequently meaningless word that provides emphasis (super-duper, herky-jerky). Other reduplications are repetitions for emphasis or provide subtle changes of meaning (kissy-kissy, hush-hush), and those with two meaningful parts (flower-power, sing-song) or at least once-meaningful bribble-brabble, hockerty-cockerty). Other terms with rhyming parts but t strictly reduplications snuck in simply because they entertain and intrigue (hoppo-bumpo, skew-whiff). English is incorrigible for inventing rhymes that are a bit nsensical. Perhaps because of this, many of the terms included here mean just that - nsense. Try, in alphabetical order, blibber-blabber, claptrap, flim-flam, hocus-pocus, phony-baloney, twiddle-twaddle, whim-wham. The redoubled form is particularly useful in expressing a few other ideas: put-downs, ranging from the mildly scoffing to the contemptuous (fuddy-duddy); possibly dubious activities (rumpy-pumpy); and spirited disorder (holus-bolus). H and T are particularly useful letters for rhyming reduplications. One suspects the scoffing power of aspiration - Hah! or Tsk! - followed by the music of repetition deeply engages the listening parts of the brain. More than 200 terms are here for you to enjoy and expand your word power, each explained by its history and use, and an example is given from recent employment in mainstream media.Product Identifiers
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-101537084704
ISBN-139781537084701
eBay Product ID (ePID)228558148
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AuthorMark Broatch
FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback
LanguageEnglish
TopicUsage & Writing Guides
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Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations
Author BiographyMark Broatch (MA Hons) has worked in journalism for nearly 25 years, including as deputy editor for the NZ Listener magazine and assistant editor for the Sunday Star-Times. He has been a chief sub-editor for three major publications and is a longtime books and arts critic. He is the author of several books.
Date of Publication17/08/2016
Country of PublicationUnited States
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