LOGOLOG
a weblog of wordplay by Eric Harshbarger
Front Hook: P
P provides another great example of a front hook altering the part of speech of the shorter word:
P is for Pentangle
A PENTANGLE is another word for a "pentacle", a five pointed star. Both words, of course, are similar to "pentagon". All start with the Greek prefix for the word "five".
As with O, this letter provides many, many front hooks. Granted, a fair amount of them are simply altering certain "RE-" words to "PRE-" words ("prevalue", "previsit", etc), but there are some really nice examples beyond those (including the longest front hook example I have yet listed).
- Particle
- Partisan
- Penchant
- Phoney
- Pimped
- Pinsetter
- Platitudinarian
- Plowland
- Postmark
- Pounce
- President
-- Eric
[18 September 2014]
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