| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| ZEUGMA |
| (pronounced Z[Y]OOG-muh) is a figure of speech wherein one word is used twice in the same sentence but in different syntactic and semantic relationships: I explained, “I’m really trying,” and she seemed to agree, saying, “I find you extremely trying.” See SYLLEPSIS. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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