I thought of it when I received this from A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg:
ploce
MEANING:
noun: The repetition of a word or phrase for rhetorical emphasis or for extended meaning.
But its pronounciation is: (PLO-see)
Shucks.
If it was pronounced (pläts) it would be plotz which is an intransitive verb meaning:
Informal to be overcome with emotion; give way to excitement, anger, delight, etc.
Etymology: < E Yiddish platsn, lit., to burst, explode < MHG platzen
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I'm not much of a Jew, since I never practice. But I'm shocked a web site called Right Word would say plotz means worked up. Huh?!
Since I could walk, I knew if my mother plotzed it was fall over in shock, faint or even drop dead.
I'm verklempt!
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