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Old 10-19-2016, 02:21 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by lagwagon View Post
That is where the word is the sound? Like the old Batman cartoons? BAM, SMACK, BOOM!

Gonna Google after I click to post.
Correct. It is basically a word that describes a sound and when spoken aloud sounds like the sound it describes. For example, hiss. The word hiss describes a sound, but when you say the word it actually sounds like you are hissing.
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