Onomatopoeia (on-o-mat-o-pee’-a): Using or inventing a word whose sound imitates that which it names (the union of phonetics and semantics).
YOU: Yes sir, that’s my baby. No sir, I don’t mean maybe. Hubba Hubba Hub cap. That’s my gal. Boo poopie doo.
ME: Dave! Your hubcap collecting has gotten out of control. Nobody wants to see you dancing naked on the front porch with a hubcap duct-taped to your crotch.
Put down the beer. Get inside! Put on some clothes! Call it a day!
YOU: Yes sir, that’s my wife. No sir, I do mean strife. Yes sir, she’s a major zip in my ass right now!
Hey wife! Hubcaps have one function: to cover lug nuts.
So, what’s my hubcap doing?
Ha! Ha!
ME: Dave, there’s a crowd gathering on our front lawn. I think I hear the woo wah woo wah of police cars headed up the street.
Get the hell inside!!!
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
