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TeamProg

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27. A paraprosdokian walked into a bar, man did that hurt!

Reply to sop (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 12:05 PM

Mar 2022

(I just made that up!)

A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists such as Emo Philips and Groucho Marx.

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Grammar walks into a bar... [View all] sop Mar 2022 OP

I love those misplaced modifiers. Ilsa Mar 2022 #1

Helvetica and Comic Sans walk into a bar Clash City Rocker Mar 2022 #2

You're just a font of knowledge. keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #17

Big hand, please, for sop! Fritz Walter Mar 2022 #3

Usage walks in to a bar... Probatim Mar 2022 #4

I used to be a grammar Nazi until I realised I was just being anti-semantic. sop Mar 2022 #10

What we really need is a grammar Eisenhower. keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #18

Great list, thanks! TheRickles Mar 2022 #5

Started my day with a smile. Thank you. niyad Mar 2022 #6

A hyperbole and an idiom walked into a bar. All hell broke loose. Beastly Boy Mar 2022 #7

A homonym was barred from entering Shermann Mar 2022 #8

A piece of string walks into a bar ... chwaliszewski Mar 2022 #9

fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack House of Roberts Mar 2022 #11

It's a good thing they don't ask us which end of the tack. keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #20

I know this joke isn't grammar related but still funny, nonetheless. Enjoy. chwaliszewski Mar 2022 #12

Grammar walks into a bar. Grampar was still parking the ca unblock Mar 2022 #13

"All intensive purposes?" DFW Mar 2022 #14

Right! "All intensive puposes" is a malapropism. Mister Ed Mar 2022 #15

I see it included in supposedly "serious" texts all the time. DFW Mar 2022 #23

Don't miss church this Easter Sunday.. Permanut Mar 2022 #16

That's one way to increase lagging attendance n/t DFW Mar 2022 #24

An alliteration blindly bicycled by both bars. notKeith Mar 2022 #19

Cognitive dissonance walked into a bar to get that glass of water. notKeith Mar 2022 #21

Dunning-Kruger burst into the bar, loudly announcing his savoir faire to the ladies. notKeith Mar 2022 #22

Your choice of baked goods probably depends DFW Mar 2022 #25

Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Mar 2022 #26

A paraprosdokian walked into a bar, man did that hurt! TeamProg Mar 2022 #27

I heard one today, on The Visionary Activist Show... AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2022 #28

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