@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 hours agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-square@twig@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink4•4 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?