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Paraprosdokian
Posted on 11. Jul, 2015 by Jeff Lambert.
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Another email received and was at a level I felt worth sharing.
The definition of Paraprosdokian is “A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprosdokian
“Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian. […]