| LC control no. | gf2014026575 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Tongue twisters |
| Variant(s) | Tongue-trippers |
| See also | Folk literature Humor |
| Scope note | Words or phrases that are difficult to articulate correctly due to a rapid succession of similar consonant sounds. |
| Found in | The American heritage dictionary of the English language, c2011 (tongue twister: a word or group of words difficult to articulate rapidly, usually because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds) Cuddon, J.A. A dictionary of literary terms, c1976 (tongue-twister: Associated with nonsense verse, nursery rhyme and patter songs; the tongue-twister is an alliterative jingle of some antiquity. Also known as a tongue-tripper.) |
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