Vocabulary Challenge!

[dr_tectonic]

Okay, I have a challenge for all y'all what have a big vocabulary.

I know that there are lots of interesting words for various rhetorical techniques, like: apophasis -- to bring something up by saying that you're not going to mention it.

I need a word for a technique I've seen in comment threads: saying one thing in normal text, and what you're really thiking in strikethrough. Example:

A: Despite some negative reviews, I really liked Halo 2.
B: You X-Box slut. Meh. I didn't think so much of it, myself.
A: Nintendo whore! No? What did you dislike?
B: I thought the graphics were ass a little sub-par and the storyline was OMG LAMEZOR! kinda weak.

So? What's the word for this? Surely there's some obscure glossary term we can repurpose to cover it...

Comments

[portlandpiglet.livejournal.com]

I vote that we call this an "aside", in reference to the theatrical device of a similar nature.

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

second.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... it's close, but an aside is said in addition to whatever you're saying aloud, whereas in this case the actual "speech" is used instead of the strikethrough comments.

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

an aside is generally to add speech that the immediate conversation partner does not hear (even if they are standing right there) and clarifies the current situation dialogue more.

For Example:

KING: What news slave?

SLAVE: The news is good m'lord!

SLAVE: (aside) Thankfully he knows not of my plot to take his life when the revolution comes!

SLAVE: Your subjects are happy and love you a lot!

The difference is the strike comments are also intended for the immediate conversational partner to a humorous effect.

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

my pointbeing they work mechanically just like an aside. Think of the strike comments as meant not for the reply-ee but for the internet audience at large.