gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoA malapropism? Does that apply? 🤔 That’s like if you said “mute point” instead of “moot point.”
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agomoo point. you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.
minus-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62necDwQb5E
A malapropism? Does that apply? 🤔
That’s like if you said “mute point” instead of “moot point.”
moo point.
you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.
How you mooin’? 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62necDwQb5E
You know, a cow’s opinion