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figures of speechphrasepl. of figure of speech a sequence of words having a specific meaning"The straw that broke the camel's back" is just a figure of speech, as there's not really a straw and not really a camel. expressions, idioms, phrases clichés(also cliches)locutions, termsepithets, expletives, namesbywords, cries, mottoes(also mottos), shibboleths, slogans, watchwordsarchaisms, colloquialisms, euphemisms, modernisms, neologisms, provincialisms, vulgarisms |