@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 3 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1128file-text
arrow-up1128message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•3 months 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?