cacophony is a language addiction common in the Portuguese language, when a word or syllable, in union with others, form expressions with unpleasant or ambiguous sounds; with double meanings, usually slang terms.
Etymologically, the word cacophony comes from two Greek words: kako + phone, which has a similar meaning to malsonance, that is, something that sounds bad.
Examples of cacophony are used in schools as a playful tool to teach children to articulate the words with their phonemes, with the help of "tongue-lock" - textual exercises formed by expressions cacophonic. Example: "In a nest of mobsters there are six mobsters. Whoever defuses them will be a good de-mafagafizer".
In the music business, cacophony is the name given to the joining of various discordant and out-of-tune sounds.
THE euphony it is the antonym of cacophony, that is, when the combination of phonemes of one or more words has a sound that is pleasant to the ears.
examples of cacophony
- "I saw her" = (alley)
- "I love her" = (gizzard)
- "Her mouth" = (bitch)
- "One hand washes another" = (papaya)
- "She had" = (can)
- "Last time..." = (wasp)
- "She had told you..." = (tetinha)
See too:
- Figures of Language
- Metaphor
- Pleonasm
- Ambiguity
