Awkward rant

[severusslave]

There is a rhetoric figure of speech that some writers use, namely the pars pro toto, that often kicks me straight out of a smutty happy place.

Pars pro toto is Latin for "(taking) a part for the whole"; it is a kind of synecdoche.
:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_pro_totoRead more... )

Comments

[fragilecat]

ok.. lol das dachte ich mir aber auch, als ich den satz gelesen habe... ich hatte da ein schmerzhaftes bild vor augen

[severusslave]

Is doch wahr!

[natas_amsg]

LOOOOOL! *munch munch munch*....
liest man leider öfter,wenn man schon smut schreibt dann aber auch richtig...echt ey:P

[severusslave]

Ist doch wahr! :P *aufreg*

[wordsjunkie]

*Gurgles* Giggle and snorfle. LMAO. OWIE. You made me snort coffee up my nose. Hahahahaha,

OMG, yeah I've read some errr strange descriptions. Maybe it's a kink. I dunno what kind of kinks Vulcans have, heeheeheee, now I'm snorfling again:D

[severusslave]

Heeee!

But it's so *annoying* to be thrown out of a perfectly fine pwp sequence by something stoopeed like this, isn't it?