gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacemessage-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplacegedaliyah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-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-up2·3 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”.