@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 8 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1129
arrow-up1129message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square95fedilink
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareDavel23linkfedilink2•8 months agoI don’t know about the “becomes commonplace” part, but mangled idioms are generally called “malapropisms”.
I don’t know about the “becomes commonplace” part, but mangled idioms are generally called “malapropisms”.