A Paraprosdokian
I had no idea what a prosdokian was, nor what I would do with a pair of them. It took me a while to be able to pronounce it, a little longer to figure out what it was. I’m a little smarter now. For those who don’t know, a paraprosdokian is not two prosdokians nor is it one of the lost books of the Bible. A paraprosdokian is a phrase that intentionally leads us into thinking one way, then ends in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. "Where there's a will, I want to be in it," is a paraprosdokian. “Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening’, and then proceed to tell you why it isn't” is another. Many of us can relate to that i
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