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PARAPROSDOKIAN Paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the second part of a sentence is antithetical to the beginning........Comedian Steven Wright is a master of the form. Here are some examples of his humor......Not as funny as when delivered in his acerbic monotone style...... Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now. Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark. Many people quit looking for work when they find a job. I intend to live forever - so far, so good. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, “Wish you were here.” A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths. All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand. Borrow money from pessimists-they don’t expect it back. Change is inevitable….except from vending machines. Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country. |
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Smiling here..... I've always enjoyed those surprise endings, but never realized there was a word for it. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Smiling here..... I've always enjoyed those surprise endings, but never realized there was a word for it.
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I didn't know there was a word for it either.....I enjoy discovering new ones....and their etymology.....this one is derived from Greek... Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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It's good to learn new things, but somehow I just can't see me using that word in conversation. I mean, honestly, could you see me saying to someone who had just made one of those statements, "Oh, that's so funny. It's really so paraprosdokian." Lol.... I probably couldn't pronounce it, or even remember it!
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