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Can think of so many examples of threes. But for the sake of confirmation bias... Rise and shine Rinse and repeat Lock and load Wax on, wax off Netfl

• aaron5 5y ago
  When I talk about writing I call this a bump-bump, a quick pairing of ideas; good ones often exhibit parallelism in syntax or sound. To be, or not to be (parallel contrast, Hamlet) light of my life, love of my loins (allteration, Lolita) Rise and shine (assonant i) Rinse and repeat (alliterative r) Lock and load (alliterative l) Wax on, wax off (parallel contrast) Don't know about Netflix and chill - I want to say there's good assonance and consonance there, but I might be pushing. In spite of my clumsy word (bump-bump) I actually think these are highly memorable: e.g. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.
  • deep-root 5y ago
    They are incredibly ear-wormy, aren't they? My internal name for them was "this and that" phrasing, but if I recall from Uni the sterile academic term is a "paired construction".