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[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Malaphors? I call these Rickyisms.

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

It's all water under the fridge.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Making these things up ain't rocket appliances.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

And there’s so many out there already you can use the existing ones and teach others; get two birds stoned at once

[-] Denjin@lemmings.world 10 points 1 month ago

Rickyisms are modern day malapropisms, named for Mrs Malaprop from the 1775 play The Rivals by Sheridan, rather than malaphors.

The difference being a malaphor is a mixed up idiom like the examples in the post and a malapropism is substituting a word in a common saying or idiom for a similar sounding one. For example, "finding an escape goat" or "I resemble that remark".

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

"Why don't you make like tree and fuck off, Lahey!" -Ricky

(I know the difference, I was just attempting to be silly with it all.)

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Worse case Ontario I get to tell you I toad a so, I fuckin a toad a so.

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