# An Amusing Homophone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amusing-homophone/825812>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 8, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amusing-homophone/825812 "2018-12-08T18:23:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amusing-homophone/825812/1 "2018-12-08T18:23:38Z")

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> **[Definition of TROMPE L'OEIL](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trompe%20l%27oeil)**
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> a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail; also : the use of similar technique in interior decorating; a trompe l'oeil painting or effect; something that misleads or deceives the senses : illusion… See...

> **[Trompe-l'œil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe-l%27%C5%93il)**
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> Trompe-l'œil (/trɒmp ˈlɔɪ/ tromp LOY, French: \[tʁɔ̃p lœj\] (listen); French for 'deceive the eye') is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface. Trompe l'oeil, which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. Forced perspective is a related illusion in architecture.
> The phrase, which can also be spelled without the hyphen and ligature in English as...

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I hadn’t made a connection between this word/phrase and our Fearless Leader until just now!

If someone else found that earlier and posted about it, I missed the post.

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amusing-homophone/825812/2 "2018-12-08T23:56:41Z")

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I can never remember how to pronounce French words, so I end up reading it as “trump le oil” every time.