Syntheton (sin’-the-ton): When by convention two words are joined by a conjunction for emphasis.
Brownies and ice cream!
Bacon and eggs!
This food and that food, if they belong together, they belong together!
Brownies and ice cream–yum!
Bacon and eggs–yum!
Yum. Yum. Yum. Yum.
They belong together!
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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