perverb
nounEtymology Blend of perverse + proverb.
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A statement humorously constructed by merging together two proverbs.
- A perverb splices the first half of one proverb, or saying, with the second half of another.2012, John R. Taylor, The Mental Corpus: How Language is Represented in the Mind, page 272:
- These perverbs are consistent with the cognitive view's emphasis on the theoretical import of idiosyncratic proverbs. When a perverb is used in public, and some are, the theoretical issues raised are as pressing as they are for any production P-task.2013, Richard P. Honeck, A Proverb in Mind: The Cognitive Science of Proverbial Wit and Wisdom, page 186:
- Related terms
- aprosdoketon, bisociation, malaphor