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faulty coordination
Language; General language
A solecism where two clauses that have no logical relationship are joined in one sentence.
faulty parallelism
Language; General language
According to sticklers this is an error of style where one fails to use a similar grammatical structures to express either parallel ideas or similar phrasings.
faulty subordination
Language; General language
Creating a confused subordinate relationship between joined clauses.
fictional aptronym
Language; General language
An aptronym that names a fictional character (e.g. Pussy Galore, the name of the Lesbian crime boss in the James Bond movie Goldfinger).
figurative
Language; General language
Based on or involving the use of figures of speech such as metaphors.
figurative extension
Language; General language
A process of semantic change in which a word gains additional figurative senses, especially through metaphor or metonymy.
figure
Language; General language
Any word or phrase that deviates from the normal literal use of words in order to add beauty, variety, or emphasis to a statement.
