It's hard to explain but the word 'laugh' looks amused to me, does anyone else know what i mean?
2007-01-30 10:03:51 · 7 answers · asked by O Kay Sojaden 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The word is onomatopoeic, for words like crash, or bam, or whack through to animal noises such as oink, quack etc...
These words are onomatopoeic because the word is describing the sound it makes.
What JumpingonMyTutu is trying to ask ( I think ) is that the word LOOKS like it's meaning. This could be a form of synesthesia I suppose. Some people get a certain sensation wether it be smell, or visual, that they associate with something else.
2007-01-30 10:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by clarky303 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know what you mean. Like the word "crash" looks and sounds like what it means. There's an actual word for when a word sounds like it's definition (but can't remember it!!). Not sure if there is one for how a word looks compared with it's meaning.
2007-01-30 10:12:15 · answer #2 · answered by Deborah C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a different approach. Onomatapaeic words. So a car becomes a vooooaaaahhh passes.
2007-01-30 10:11:07 · answer #3 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep I get what you mean and agree that there are words that are like that.
For me Technology does sound like it. It's a strange thing I suppose.
2007-01-30 10:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by FuturisticKid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the word "sectioned" look like you're being locked up for your own protection?
2007-01-30 10:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by dawleymouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pudra isn't a Spanish word, yet in line with threat he mentioned "Puta". Puta is a derogatory term for a unrespectable female. It interprets to a team of words, alongside with: prostitute, tramp, hooker, ****, whore, ***** (female dogs), etc.
2016-11-23 14:47:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, purple is an excellent example.
2007-01-30 10:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋