Definition of Perverb. Meaning of Perverb. Synonyms of Perverb

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- An anti-proverb or a perverb is the transformation of a standard proverb for humorous effect. Paremiologist Wolfgang Mieder defines them as "parodied...
- example sentences Amphibology Antanaclasis Arrow of time Paraprosdokian Perverb Sentence processing Syntactic ambiguity Marc de Mey(1982), The cognitive...
- 'Culture' I Reach for My Gun. In 2008 he wrote a book, Cartoons Collages and Perverbs [sic] with a cartoon in it reading "WHEN I HEAR THE WORD 'GUN' I REACH...
- used them to write poems, following self-invented rules. He also created "Perverbs and Paraphrases", complex riddles based on proverbs. In addition, he created...
- said when his wife died the day after he became bankrupt. anti-proverb or perverb. This is a misuse or adaptation of a familiar proverb to twist or change...