Any of you know if there's a literary term for the verbalization of a verb word instead of the action that is represented by the word, that is appropriate for the immediate situation, in the opinion of the person?
For example, someone tells me something boring, and I say, "yawn," though I don't actually yawn. Or, someone tells about a guy saying something rude to someone else, and I say, "slap!" Or, someone tells me something surprising or ironic or ephiphanic that bursts an imaginary bubble containing an idea or thought about something, and I say, "oh, snap!," or just, "snap!"
I tried to find a term for this online. I didn't find anything. It's hard to believe there isn't already a word for this type of thing.
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