Hacker News with Generative AI: Wordplay

Unparalleled Misalignments (rickiheicklen.com)
This is where I maintain a list of Unparalleled Misalignments (formerly quadruple entendres), pairs of non-synonymous phrases where the words in one phrase are each synonyms of the words in the other.

Language, Wordplay, Linguistics, Vocabulary, Creativity

149 points by ChadNauseam 183 days ago | 31 comments

English Multinyms (sc.fsu.edu)
multinyms are examples of triple/quadruple/quintuple/sextuple homonyms.

English Language, Linguistics, Wordplay, Homonyms

64 points by myroon5 234 days ago | 74 comments

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo (wikipedia.org)
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity.

Linguistics, Grammar, English Language, Wordplay

19 points by jcartw 248 days ago | 3 comments

Wishing Everyone a Happy Solsthelion (solipsys.co.uk)
This is a word I invented many years ago, half a decade at least.[0]

Wordplay, Language, Creative Writing

69 points by ColinWright 310 days ago | 44 comments