perverb

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English

Etymology

Blend of perverse +‎ proverb.

Noun

Examples
  • A rolling stone catches the worm.
  • Make hay while the cat's away.

perverb (plural perverbs)

  1. A statement humorously constructed by merging together two proverbs.
    Hypernym: antiproverb
    • 2012, John R. Taylor, The Mental Corpus: How Language is Represented in the Mind, page 272:
      A perverb splices the first half of one proverb, or saying, with the second half of another.
    • 2013, Richard P. Honeck, A Proverb in Mind: The Cognitive Science of Proverbial Wit and Wisdom, page 186:
      These perverbs are consistent with the cognitive view's emphasis on the theoretical import of idiosyncratic proverbs. When a perverb is used in public, and some are, the theoretical issues raised are as pressing as they are for any production P-task.

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