<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">Some instances of words about words; most of which I was unaware until reading <i>Camp Concentration </i>by Disch and then looking them up.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Retronym<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Tmesis<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Capitonym<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Bahuvrihi (this one I knew from my Asian Philosophy study, it is a Sanskrit word)<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Embolalia<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Metonym<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Mondegreen (knew this one)<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Exonym<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Portmanteau (and this)<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Slurvian<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Spell check recognized portmanteau but none of the others. Should have recognized mondegreen as it has common usage.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">I had to look them up, except three.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">davew<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>