comma splice

comma splice

noun

Definition of COMMA SPLICE

: the unjustified use of a comma between coordinate main clauses not connected by a conjunction (as in “nobody goes there anymore, it's boring”)

First Known Use of COMMA SPLICE

1924

Rhymes with COMMA SPLICE

asking price, break the ice, cockatrice, dirty rice, edelweiss, hammer price, imprecise, market price, merchandise, on thin ice, overprice, paradise, point-device, reserve price, roll the dice, sacrifice, Spanish rice, sticker price, underprice, water ice, wellhead price