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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Paraprosdokian--a late 20th-century neologism

Paraprosdokians are figure of speech where the latter part of the phrase is humorously surprising or unexpected and causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.

Posted by Norma at 1/22/2015 05:50:00 AM
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