A wellerism is an expression involving a familiar proverb or quotation and its facetious sequel, usually in three parts.
Wellerism é uma expressão que envolve um ditado ou citação familiar seguido por uma réplica espirituosa, geralmente em três partes.
| Front | wellerism \WEL-uh-ri-zuhm\ |
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| Back | noun An expression involving a familiar proverb or quotation and its facetious sequel. It usually comprises three parts: statement, speaker, situation. [After Sam Weller and his father, characters known for such utterances in Charles Dickens's novel Pickwick Papers. Earliest documented use: 1839.] "We'll have to rehearse that," said the undertaker as the coffin fell out of the car. "Prevention is better than cure," said the pig when it ran away from the butcher. |
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