@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 7 hours agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square68arrow-up167arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 7 hours agomessage-square68file-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareRhynoplazlink3•5 hours ago “Welp, I’m going to get hard at work” Umm… Yeah, that TOTALLY never actually happens to me either.
Umm… Yeah, that TOTALLY never actually happens to me either.