tangletalk

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noun

A playful style of language with deliberate incongruities, as in: "A barefoot boy with shoes on stood sitting in the grass".

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Meanings

nountangletalk (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA playful style of language with deliberate incongruities, as in: "A barefoot boy with shoes on stood sitting in the grass".

Origin

From tangle + talk; coined by Iona and Peter Opie.

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Cite this entry
APA

tangletalk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tangletalk

MLA

“tangletalk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tangletalk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tangletalk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tangletalk.

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