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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWord For The Day: Illeism
Illeism /ˈɪli.ɪzəm/ (from Latin ille meaning "he, that" ) is the act of referring to oneself in the third person instead of first person.
Illeism is sometimes used in literature as a stylistic device. In real life usage, illeism can reflect a number of different stylistic intentions or involuntary circumstances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeism
Illeism is sometimes used in literature as a stylistic device. In real life usage, illeism can reflect a number of different stylistic intentions or involuntary circumstances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeism
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Word For The Day: Illeism (Original Post)
eppur_se_muova
Feb 2018
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mahatmakanejeeves has not heard that word before. His servant will thank you. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2018
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)1. mahatmakanejeeves has not heard that word before. His servant will thank you. NT
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)2. Proudlib72 doesn't always speak of himself in third person
But when he does, he prefers to call it "illeism".
oberliner
(58,724 posts)3. Is there a word for capitalizing letters that aren't meant to be capitalized?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)5. But he seems to do it deliberately
With certain words.
JHB
(37,161 posts)6. My apologies, I thought you meant in general and involving normal people...
For Prima Donnie, that's merely a subset of what I refer to as "guanopathy".
Shouting.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)8. I think that's when you put the whole word in caps
Trump has this weird habit of just capitalizing the first letter of certain words that are not proper nouns in his tweets.
canetoad
(17,169 posts)10. You're right
He wishes to draw attention to the momentuous import of his well thought out words.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)9. Ron Obvious likes learning new words.
He will try to work this one in the conversation some time.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)11. smirkymonkey thinks that is a very interesting piece of information.
SM expects that the word will come in handy in the near future.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)12. milestogo thinks that sounds like something having to do with the ileum