Epistrophic
Defines a moment before a person is about to engage in a borderline insane event in an attempt to be epic, but could possibly be catastrophic. This event turns out be both epic and catastrophic
Darren went off the ramp, slammed into a tree but ended up landing the epistrophic jump on the dirt bike
Jim got an epistophic bite on his fishing rod and ended up reeling in a 3 ft American Eel (sea monster) that tangled his line.
Jim got an epistophic bite on his fishing rod and ended up reeling in a 3 ft American Eel (sea monster) that tangled his line.
Epistrophe
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses.
Epistrophe EX)
"Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends."
(Judd Nelson as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, 1865)
"Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends."
(Judd Nelson as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, 1865)