Unparalleled Misalignments

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https://rickiheicklen.com/unparalleled-misalignments.html

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Ricki Heicklen

This is where I maintain a list of Unparalleled Misalignments (formerly quadruple entendres), pairs of non-synonymous phrases where the words in one phrase are each synonyms of the words in the other. I've mantained this list since 2018; many have contributed, attributions (when known) can be seen by hovering over the Unparalleled Misalignment in question. Add your own via this form.

Butt dial // Booty call
Father figure // Dad bod
Home schooled // House trained
Manual labor // Hand job
Forest fire // Amazon Kindle
Casual sex // Lightrail
Blanket statement // Pillow talk // Cover story
Community building // Fraternity house
Nap room // Sleeper cell

[ many more at link ]

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1. I have searched for Coincidental Juxtaposition in The National Lampoon.

I believe Ed Subitzky was the illustrator. In the comic if you read through the juxtaposition of cartoon conversational balloons, you would have a story and if you stayed in each person's balloons a very different one.

It may however have been too passionate even for our own friendly forums.