rhet words

Defective Yeti ran across some fun words over at the Glossary of Linguistics and Rhetoric. Some of my favorite words are there:

• synecdoche: referring to something by just a part of it. "New York won the World Series," instead of "The New York Yankees won the World Series."
• metonymy: substitution of a word or phrase with another which it suggests. "The pen is mightier than the sword," in which both "pen" and "sword" are substituted for "written prose" and "military."
• tmesis: inserting a word in the middle of another. "Hoo-bloody-ray" and "un-freaking-believable."
• dystmesis: inserting a word in the middle of another in an unlikely or unexpected place; a form of tmesis."Unbe-freaking-lievable."

There are lots of other interesting words I'd never heard of before.

Then there are a couple others that I don't see there. (Thanks to Gretchen for teaching me these.)

• combo: a combination of two words into one. "Tacohut" is one of those "Taco Bell" slash "Pizza Hut" fast-food joints.
• trombo: a triple-combo, a combination of three words into one. "Kentacohut" is a "Kentucky Fried Chicken" slash "Taco Bell" slash "Pizza Hut" fast-food joints.