gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 个月前Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 个月前message-square86linkfedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squarejakemehoff11@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 个月前Good pull. Malapropism has always been one of my favorite words and comedic devices, so this is good info. Bravo! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go read an article about the Women’s Lubrication movement and eat my hot astronomy on rye.
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 个月前If you haven’t, you might want to read Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey/Maturin series, or at least to peruse this list from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AubreyMaturinSeries/comments/4ak12q/which_its_a_prodigious_great_list_of_aubreys/
Good pull. Malapropism has always been one of my favorite words and comedic devices, so this is good info. Bravo!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go read an article about the Women’s Lubrication movement and eat my hot astronomy on rye.
If you haven’t, you might want to read Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey/Maturin series, or at least to peruse this list from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AubreyMaturinSeries/comments/4ak12q/which_its_a_prodigious_great_list_of_aubreys/