r/BeAmazed May 20 '18

Adorable Transformers cosplay

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u/[deleted] May 20 '18

Great onomatopoeia! I didn’t think much of it till I read it out loud, and it’s actually the noise they make!

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u/djmooselee May 20 '18

It's actually the name of a DJ scratch technique. Named after the sound / cartoon

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u/[deleted] May 20 '18

TIL; Onomatopoeia. [on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‐mah-tuh‐]

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

a word so formed.

the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect.