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Litotes: n. an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary, as in “not a bad singer” or “not unhappy.”

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Bonus Opp.
What are now and know are examples of? A bonus point has been awarded to Erik, who was the first to submit the correct response: homophone. A homophone is a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as in “heir” and “air,” or “read” and “red,” or “whine” and “wine.”