Question of the Day for Monday, October 11, 2010

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Monday, October 11, 2010

What is so funny about...

Paraprosdokian sentences? A paraprosdokian (from Greek "παρα-", meaning "beyond" and "προσδοκία", meaning "expectation") is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first... Sign in to see full entry.

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