Fun with Vocab: Aposiopesis
Aposiopesis [ap-uh-sahy-uh-pee-sis] Rhetoric
- A sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
- Rhetorical style in which one deliberately fails to complete a sentence.
“Why, I oughtta…[shake fist]”
What is this? I don’t even…
No, but seriously, good to know (even though I’d never attempt to pronounce it in public until I practiced it in front of the mirror 32 times).
Source: theshalom
