Example sentences for: onomatoplazia

How can you use “onomatoplazia” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A salute to Delaney for creating onomatoplazia , a much-needed new word.

  • In parallel with the roots of onomatopoeia (onoma `name' + poiein `to make or do') I have christened the effect onomatoplazia: onoma again + pladzein `to mislead or deceive.

  • This charmer is Shoshonean in origin, an example of the onomatoplazia which readily occurs when the etymology in question is not from your usual, garden variety, linguistic roots.

  • Note: this is an example of a “HobsonJobson”—foreign words or expressions twisted into a more familiar configuration by the pervasive influence of linguistic chauvinism, a rich source of onomatoplazia.

  • Thus, onomatoplazia .


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