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Typically the term "{{w|Foot fetishism|foot fetish}}" refers to a sexual attraction to people's feet. Here, though, [[Megan]] is a linguist, so for her the term "foot" refers not to the body part but to the term's meaning in {{w|Prosody (linguistics)|prosody}}. In this context, {{w|Foot (prosody)|"foot"}} means, per Wikipedia, "the basic metrical unit that generates a line of verse in most Western traditions of poetry," and thus "foot fetish" means an attraction to words that follow such a format. | Typically the term "{{w|Foot fetishism|foot fetish}}" refers to a sexual attraction to people's feet. Here, though, [[Megan]] is a linguist, so for her the term "foot" refers not to the body part but to the term's meaning in {{w|Prosody (linguistics)|prosody}}. In this context, {{w|Foot (prosody)|"foot"}} means, per Wikipedia, "the basic metrical unit that generates a line of verse in most Western traditions of poetry," and thus "foot fetish" means an attraction to words that follow such a format. | ||
| − | Common types of feet (which are all referenced in this comic) include | + | Common types of feet (which are all referenced in this comic) include: |
*''{{w|trochee}}'' – a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (demonstrated in the first set of words: "'''sto'''-ry", "'''wa'''-ter", "'''pa'''-per", "'''door'''-way") (see also [[856: Trochee Fixation]]). | *''{{w|trochee}}'' – a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (demonstrated in the first set of words: "'''sto'''-ry", "'''wa'''-ter", "'''pa'''-per", "'''door'''-way") (see also [[856: Trochee Fixation]]). | ||
*''{{w|iamb (poetry)|iamb}}'' – an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (as seen in the second set: "dis-'''arm'''", "A-'''dele's'''", "gi-'''raffe'''", "gre-'''nade'''") (perhaps the best-known foot, due to {{w|iambic pentameter|its use}} by {{w|William Shakespeare}}) (see also [[79: Iambic Pentameter]]). | *''{{w|iamb (poetry)|iamb}}'' – an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (as seen in the second set: "dis-'''arm'''", "A-'''dele's'''", "gi-'''raffe'''", "gre-'''nade'''") (perhaps the best-known foot, due to {{w|iambic pentameter|its use}} by {{w|William Shakespeare}}) (see also [[79: Iambic Pentameter]]). | ||
