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Litotes: my favorite figure of speech. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes
by telemachos 17y ago
Litotes: my favorite figure of speech.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoMine too. And when combined with a thinly veiled insult, gives the wonderful "back-handed compliment" "He's not as unintelligent as he looks" "She's not the liar she might have been given her poor upbringing"
- ableal 17y ago> my favorite figure of speech my not-unpreferred figure of speech, please. If you want to make it not unpossible to believe you. (Thanks, really; I've developed a belated soft spot for rhetorical devices.)