gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
Like “does the Pope shit in the woods?” or “that train has sailed?” Also, what good examples can you think of?
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 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”.