gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squaretwig@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·14 hours agoIt’s often called an eggcorn, and here’s a really good video that touches on it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JTslqcXsFd4&pp=ygUMRWdnY29ybiBlcmlr The weirdest one I used to hear often was “for all intensive purposes,” like wtf is an intensive purpose?
It’s often called an eggcorn, and here’s a really good video that touches on it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JTslqcXsFd4&pp=ygUMRWdnY29ybiBlcmlr
The weirdest one I used to hear often was “for all intensive purposes,” like wtf is an intensive purpose?