Paraprosdokians are a figure of speech where the latter part of the phrase is humorously surprising or unexpected and causes the reader or listener to re-frame or reinterpret the first part.
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Paraprosdokians are a figure of speech where the latter part of the phrase is humorously surprising or unexpected and causes the reader or listener to re-frame or reinterpret the first part.
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