antiproverb

See also: anti-proverb

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Etymology

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

Noun

antiproverb (plural antiproverbs)

  1. A humorous adaptation of one or more existing proverbs.
    Hyponym: perverb
    Coordinate term: antijoke
    • 2015 April 16, David Shariatmadari, “Are these 11 proverbs for the digital age?”, in The Guardian‎:
      The system isn’t broken. It’s fixed.¶ Another species of anti-proverb, this one plays on the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” which seems to have emerged in the 1960s.
  2. A proverb that contradicts another.
    • 1987, Howard Margolis, Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition: A Theory of Judgment, page 92:
      But for every proverb there is an antiproverb ("Too many cooks spoil the broth" vs. "Two heads are better than one," and so on).

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