Texticles: Mythological God Of Texting
It's wonderful to be creative with language. While I have never actually heard of a resident (in good standing) named Texticles ( pronounced : text' -e- kleez) living atop the famed Mt. Olympus (in the same neighborhood as Zeus and the rest of those characters of legend), it would seem to make sense. This is not actually a Lingovation -- it is a comedic mockery of the structure and sound of language. It brings to mind Hercules , Damocles , Demosthenes , but it sounds a tad racy. I don't have to say it - it is funnier when left to the imagination Speaking of these sound-alikes, I almost fell out of my seat in school when our Philosophy professor mentioned 'Balzac'. It sounded rather similar to something else. This word mimicry ("sound-alikes" seems so juvenile) is a sort of patterning behavior, usually involving the number of syllables and a certain cadence. If I could do it with a straight face, and if I delivered the message rapidly enough, I could int...