Words similar to onomatoplazia
Example sentences for: onomatoplazia
How can you use “onomatoplazia” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Mr. Thomas B. Lemann points out that the transliteration of the opening quotation of “Onomatoplazia” [XV, 1] contains the following errors:
The onomatoplazia of inflammable is so common that flammable , or even flamable is now commonly substituted, especially on trucks.
The “lowing herd” (“Onomatoplazia”) wound slowly in the first verse of “Elegy in a Country Churchyard,” by Thomas Gray, not Oliver Goldsmith.
A salute to Delaney for creating onomatoplazia , a much-needed new word.
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.