English Explanatory Dictionary

antiproverb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A humorous adaptation of one or more existing proverbs.
  2. A proverb that contradicts another.

Word forms

antiproverb antiproverbs anti-proverb

Etymology

Coined by paremiologist Wolfgang Mieder in 1982, anti- + proverb.

Related words

malaphor

Translations

Finnish: väännös sananlaskusta French: antiparémie German: Antisprichwort Polish: antyprzysłowie Portuguese: antiprovérbio
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