A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce...

an exclamatory figure of speech. It occurs when a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party...

In rhetoric, meiosis is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than...

opposite of auxesis in its climactic sense Catacosmesis, a form of anticlimax Figure of speech Banter Meiosis and litotes, the opposite of auxesis in...

case of tuberculosis as "Koch's disease" in order to avoid alarming patients. Some medical nicknames are derogatory, such as GOMER for "Get Out of My Emergency...

adj. hyperbolic /ˌhaɪpərˈbɒlɪk/ ) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis...

A political stump speech is a standard speech used by a politician running for office. Typically a candidate who schedules many appearances prepares a...

interesting or amusing event. Antanaclasis – a figure of speech involving a pun, consisting of the repeated use of the same word, each time with different meanings...

"Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who has dabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise...

lit. "staircase" or "ladder") is a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance. In its use with...