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July 31, 2018, 23:21
BobHale
Rhetorical terms
Does anyone know if there are terms in rhetoric for the kinds of structures illustrated below?

1. Birds of a feather gather no moss.

2. What's the difference between Donald Trump and a bee? One is fat, orange, likes to sting people and nobody wants it around. And the other is a bee.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
August 01, 2018, 05:04
Geoff
Nonsequitur?
August 03, 2018, 04:35
BobHale
Found the first one

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dundrearyism


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
August 09, 2018, 18:53
Kalleh
Apparently there are 2 eponyms from Lord Dundreary. One is the Dundrearyism, and another are dundrearies, which are a particular style of facial hair.