| litotes | ||
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litotes - noun, plural, pronounced li toh tees, meaning an adult human male's breasts, from the Greek word litos, meaning plain. nope, sorry, my lexicographer has just corrected me. litotes - noun, singular, pronunciation and derivation as stated initially, but meaning a form of understatement that is generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used. Example "Those breasts of his sure aren't a woman's." |
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| Ptolemy DCLVIII | "Don't hesitate to indulge your hesitant side." | 061010 |
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| Pto | Hmmmm. Upon reflection, that actually might not qualify as litotic. | 061010 |
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| Ah...there we go. | "He decided to hesitate." | 061010 |