Wednesday’s Word of the Week

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amphiboly, n.

“Ambiguous discourse; a sentence which may be construed in two distinct senses.”

Her response to her boyfriend saying ‘I love you” for the first time was quite an amphiboly, which is exactly what she meant to do.”

“amphiboly, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2015. Web. 22 September 2015.

Wednesday's Word of the Week
Wednesday's Word of the Week

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