Chiasmus

What is Chiasmus?

1. (rhetorical figure): A reversing of the order of words in corresponding pairs of phrases.

leges supplicio improbos afficiunt, defendunt ac tuentur bonos (Cicero, De Legibus, ii. 13)

The laws VISIT PUNISHMENTS upon the wicked, but the good they DEFEND and PROTECT.

Unforche

1. Slang word for Unfortunately. Also a way for lazy people who mumble to shorten a long word with many sylables. "Sorry i could&apos..

Nireland

1. Another name for Northern Ireland Seamus is from Nireland See northern ireland, ireland, nirish, irish, eire..

Vs Thread

1. A thread in which two or more things, usually fictional characters, are pitted agaist each other. People are supposed to argue who would..

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