The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #38316   Message #538546
Posted By: Suffet
30-Aug-01 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: Litotes in song
Subject: Am behavin'
"Ain't Misbehavin'" certainly is a litotes. In fact, it is worthy of being a dictionary example. The protagonist affirms that he IS behaving by negating its opposite.