@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square95arrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@gedaliyah to Ask Lemmy • 2 months agomessage-square95file-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish35•edit-22 months agoA malapropism? Does that apply? 🤔 That’s like if you said “mute point” instead of “moot point.”
minus-square@TropicalDingdonglink13•2 months agomoo point. you know, the kind of thing a cow would say.
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
Like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter.
You know, a cow’s opinion