I think this is the most entertaining Volokh thread since syllepsis!. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Clive Crook (at The Atlantic) on “ClimateGate”] Reference
Surely someone like Hofmeister will be able to skim enough to put away a tidy nest egg of several hundred million at least in Euros and Amstersdam (pardon the syllepsis). From Wordnik.com. [Bush Slanders Freedom « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
But ignorance of the article doesn't seem syllepsis 1 minute ago 7:26 PM. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Man and Nature, but Man himself is a syllepsis, a compendium of Nature — the. From Wordnik.com. [Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life.] Reference
Apparently this type of "zeugma" (yes, there are many types) is called "syllepsis.". From Wordnik.com. [Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle] Reference
My take is that, re zeugma v. syllepsis, the situation is much like metonymy v. synecdoche. From Wordnik.com. [Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle] Reference
That's just the way it is! syllepsis: Yes, reform the filibuster, just as the Democrats are sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Progrezzive: This is how the checks and balances are suppose to syllepsis 14 minutes ago 7:12 PM. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
I guess it's technically syllepsis, and the grammaticians will be mad at me later, but I like saying zeugma. From Wordnik.com. [Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle] Reference
Incidentally, you might recognise that rhetorical shimmy as a variation of syllepsis: a fairly easy word to avoid, it must be admitted, but as hair-raising for me to pronounce as. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
syllepsis: Another counterexample to your thesis: George H.W. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
V=MX6DJzt1P luvbeingright: During his presidential campaign, Obama rejected the use of signing syllepsis 5 minutes ago 7:22 PM. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
I'm a Fan of syllepsis. From Wordnik.com. [Larisa Alexandrovna: And War Crimes for All....] Reference
Take the following syllepsis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
Posted 12: 35 AM on 6/18/2008 syllepsis. From Wordnik.com. [Larisa Alexandrovna: And War Crimes for All....] Reference
Posted 11: 01 AM on 4/25/2008 syllepsis. From Wordnik.com. [Larisa Alexandrovna: Heads Up... Incoming Propaganda on Nukes...] Reference
A classicist, or a well-schooled poet, one enters an arcane world where zeugma is king, or possibly I mean syllepsis. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1] Reference
American people syllepsis 1 minute ago (8:19 PM). From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
syllepsis: If I had to choose between Alberto Gonzales and Eric. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
syllepsis 26 minutes ago 4:30 PM. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
syllepsis 17 minutes ago 8:11 PM. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
syllepsis 10 minutes ago 7:17 PM. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
syllepsis: No, I don't think he did. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
syllepsis: He is restraining his own power. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
syllepsis: Government-subsidized corruption. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Transport periphery circumference ....... synopsis conspectus ....... entomology insectology ....... syllable/syllepsis conception ....... prodrome precursor forerunner. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
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