Correctio (cor-rec’-ti-o): The amending of a term or phrase just employed; or, a further specifying of meaning, especially by indicating what something is not (which may occur either before or after the term or phrase used). A kind of redefinition, often employed as a parenthesis (an interruption) or as a climax.
You’re a shit for brains. Uh, well, I mean, your brain is a fertile plain littered with life’s organic droppings. Very fertile. Like overflow from a sewage treatment facility. Is that better?
Yes. Now I get it. Thanks for the compliment. I will tell Ivanka how fluent you are. You’re welcome.
Now, got to hell. Uh, well. I mean . . .
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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