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Ecphonesis (Greek: ἐκφώνησις) is an emotional, exclamatory phrase (exclamation) used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a rhetorical device that originated in ancient literature. A Latin example is "O tempora! O mores!" ("Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!"). A modern example is "Young man!"
"D'oh!" (/ d oʊ ʔ / ⓘ) is the most famous catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons, an animated sitcom. It is an exclamation typically used after Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something foolish, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him.
Yanny or Laurel is an auditory illusion that became popular in May 2018, in which a short audio recording of speech can be heard as one of two words. [1] 53 percent of over 500,000 respondents to a Twitter poll reported hearing a man saying the word "Laurel", while 47 percent of people reported hearing a voice saying the name "Yanny". [2]
But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" Related: 30 Quotes From How the Grinch Stole Christmas That Will Cheer You Up, Because, It ...
to anyone who wished him a merry Christmas. "Humbug" also grew in popularity in America thanks to the founder of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, Phineas T. Barnum in the late 1800s.
Exclamation may refer to: Exclamation mark, the punctuation mark "!" Exclamation, an emphatic interjection; Exclamation, a type of sentence;
Graphically, the exclamation mark is represented by variations on the theme of a period with a vertical line above. One theory of its origin posits derivation from a Latin exclamation of joy, namely io, analogous to "hooray"; copyists wrote the Latin word io at the end of a sentence, to indicate expression of joy.
The shortest is "Buffalo!", which can be taken as a verbal imperative instruction to bully someone ("[You,] buffalo!") with the implied subject "you" removed, [4]: 99–100, 104 or, as a noun exclamation, expressing e.g. that a buffalo has been sighted, or as an adjectival exclamation, e.g. as a response to the question, "where are you from?"