Definitions from Wiktionary (paraprosdokian)
▸ noun: Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, often humorously.
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▸ noun: Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, often humorously.
Similar:
aprosdoketon,
proverb,
figure of speech,
paronomasia,
antiphrasis,
paroemia,
antiproverb,
parodism,
proparalepsis,
paronomasy,
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