Talk:Metalepsis

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Would this include Cockney rhyming slang? Like (example stolen from the recent movie Ocean's 11): "We're in Barney" refers to "Barney Rubble" rhymes with "trouble" means "We're in trouble." One of those connections is, perhaps, Metonymy (name-for-name); I'm not sure the rhyming connection fits any rule of metonymy I know. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.185.179.196 (talk) 00:21, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC).


 * I think that's a perfect example. Metalepsis is, as the article say, often a combination of other figures of speech -- in this case, a special kind of metonymy (using a name for another name that's associated it) and then the rhyming substitution (I don't know what to call that -- it's a kind of euphemism, I suppose).
 * Tom 11:46, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Using 'Metalepsis' in a bigger way
Russel Samolsky is the author of a book titled Metaleptic Machines: Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah.

Kabbalah, for one, is a tree of associations and symbolically connected ideas. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.208.134.206 (talk) 22:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

Is this an example?
I wonder if "does the Pope shit in the woods?" is a double metalepsis. Maproom (talk) 10:04, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

You are probably correct. But since we we aren't trying to define 'double metslepsis' with this page, your 'contribution' is off-topic and irrelevant. It is also inappropriate (kids read these pages) and probably offensive (to billion+ Catholics). CalgarHorseman (talk) 09:49, 16 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Per WP:NOTCENSORED, your last point is irrelevant. Further, if there are sources describing double metalepses, this would probably be the best article to explain the concept. --HerrWaus (talk) 22:47, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

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Weak
The middle two sections, "In Icelandic literature" and "Other uses", are weak. The first is obscure and specialized and doesn't explain what the metalepsis is. The second is three statements about metalepsis without explanation or examples. 2001:171B:2274:7C21:C4E:70D2:562B:16C3 (talk) 10:12, 2 June 2022 (UTC)