"perverb" meaning in All languages combined

See perverb on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: perverbs [plural]
Etymology: Blend of perverse + proverb. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|perverse|proverb}} Blend of perverse + proverb Head templates: {{en-noun}} perverb (plural perverbs)
  1. A statement humorously constructed by merging together two proverbs. Related terms: bisociation
    Sense id: en-perverb-en-noun-sWngOrT1 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, John R. Taylor, The Mental Corpus: How Language is Represented in the Mind, page 272:",
          "text": "A perverb splices the first half of one proverb, or saying, with the second half of another.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Richard P. Honeck, A Proverb in Mind: The Cognitive Science of Proverbial Wit and Wisdom, page 186:",
          "text": "These perverbs are consistent with the cognitive view's emphasis on the theoretical import of idiosyncratic proverbs. When a perverb is used in public, and some are, the theoretical issues raised are as pressing as they are for any production P-task.",
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        {
          "word": "bisociation"
        }
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    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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