Zeugma
A new favorite word.
From Dictionary.com , Zeugma is: "A construction in which a single word, especially a verb or an adjective, is applied to two or more nouns when its sense is appropriate to only one of them or to both in different ways."
For example: He lied about the National Guard and WMDs.
From Dictionary.com , Zeugma is: "A construction in which a single word, especially a verb or an adjective, is applied to two or more nouns when its sense is appropriate to only one of them or to both in different ways."
For example: He lied about the National Guard and WMDs.


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