I Don't Know The Grammatical Terminolgy For These, But.....

[Quasi]

........ if a person sleeps a lot, could he be called "sack-religious" (as in "hit the sack")?

And if that same person has trouble motivating himself, could we say he has low "self-steam"?

Y'all's turn.

Quasi

[Chacoguy]

@Khampelf

[Khampelf]

Those are 'modals', used when an activity is named for the primary action, like swimming or running. Run and Swim are verbs, but running and swimming are nouns.

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by Chacoguy

@Khampelf

Oh, so I'm the go to grammar guy, now? College was decades ago.

[Khampelf]

Speaking of sack religious, the sound of snoring being depicted as sounding like sawing wood is why they call it slumber.

[Anacanapuna]

Modals? They're PUNS, hence the @Khampelf mention.

Dolt!

[Quasi]

Originally Posted by Khampelf

Speaking of sack religious, the sound of snoring being depicted as sounding like sawing wood is why they call it slumber.

Onomatopoeia, Khampelf?

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[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by Quasi

Onomatopoeia, Khampelf?

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Nah, that's when a word sounds like what it represents like slurp, slap or belch.

Saying slumber doesn't sound like snoring, much.

I guess I am the grammar guy, that is if I've been right on any of this.

[Ludovic]

If they are a turn of phrase that is accidental yet makes sense on some level, they're called eggcorns.

[Dragonlady]

A cop I know was keeping a list of things people said in court.

One man claimed he had been caused "defecation of character", which I kind of like, because defamation of character is when someone is talking shit about you, right?
Another was explaining that the woman was not his legal wife, they were "co-hibernating".
And the guy who hit a phone pole with his car and was "ejaculated from his vehicle".

[Random Precision]

Is a baker who is constantly seeking approval from others too "kneady"?

[Quasi]

Originally Posted by Ludovic

If they are a turn of phrase that is accidental yet makes sense on some level, they're called eggcorns.

"A rash and a shit"!

This is exactly why I am in love with the English language!

I guess my Mom's saying "Salivation Army" would count as an eggcorn?

Thanks, Ludovic for teaching me something new today!

And Khampelf, you can be the grammar "go to guy",a s far as I'm concerned!

Quasi

[Khampelf]

Vene vici VW. I came, I saw, I collided.