Inflection and Phrase

Inflection

Inflection noun - Something that curves or is curved.

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Phrase and inflection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Phrase" instead a noun "Inflection".

Nearby Words: inflected, inflexion, inflective, inflectional, inflecting

Phrase noun - A sequence of words having a specific meaning.

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Inflection and phrase are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inflection" instead a noun "Phrase".

Nearby Words: phrasing, phrasal, phrased

exact	exact inflection	exact phrase
particular	particular inflection	particular phrase
better	better inflection	better phrase
similar	similar inflection	similar phrase
Other adjectives: certain, archaic, random, odd, strange, different.

Or the phrase itself is fairly mundane but Stitch used some sort of inflection that is obvious in-universe but is undetectable to we the viewers that renders the phrase obscene.

Source: Pardon My Klingon
Parenthetical Swearing is when a character says a phrase that, taken out of context and without inflection, would come off as a completely ordinary, sensible, and inoffensive statement, but its context and inflection makes it sound like the speaker is swearing.

Source: Trope Distinctions / J to R
Later, when Ehren asks if he was working for Kalarus, Demos responds with the same phrase, and makes an effort to impersonate Ehren's inflection.

Source: Literature / Codex Alera

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