Vocabulary Thread

Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse.

bombycinous [bom-BISS-ih-nus]

an adjective meaning pale yellow,like a silkworm. From a Latin word
meaning silken.

Originally posted by duecer
[b]Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse.[/b]

gamin

–noun
a neglected child left to run about the streets; street urchin.

See also: Clan 24249

Originally posted by rbmorris
[b]gamin

–noun
a neglected child left to run about the streets; street urchin.

See also: Clan 24249[/b]

melisma

noun

The musical art of creating a run of many notes from one syllable of text (as used and abused on American Idol).

Originally posted by darvlay
Beat by you're edit.

Originally posted by Nordlys
😞

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Sad: feeling or expressing sorrow.

Originally posted by darvlay
Beat by you're edit.

Originally posted by Nordlys
😞

rodomontade - bragging speech; bluster.

Originally posted by darvlay
Not my fault your dumb!

vernicle [VUR-nuh-kul]

the image of rbmorris's face said to be impressed on Saint Veronica's toast, or any similar image on another item, used for devotional purposes. "Vernicle" is an alteration of "Veronica."

Originally posted by Mimor
[b]rodomontade - bragging speech; bluster.[/b]