cowboydiplomat

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Jack Black is what happens when the class clown doesn't become depressed and instead becomes even more of a clown in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] cowboydiplomat@startrek.website 9 points 8 hours ago

It was Lewy Body Dementia, I remember because my grandma had it. It’s non-hereditary thankfully, but just as debilitating as Alzheimer’s.

Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] cowboydiplomat@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago

I like ‘bob’s your oyster’ because both original phrases are nonsensical to me. Is there a word isometric to portmanteau but for phrases / idioms?