Snowclone

Wikipedia says this about that:

Snowclone is a neologism used to describe a type of formula-based cliché which uses an old idiom in a new context.

Wikipedia continues, (re: snowclone):

A common example of a snowclone is “X is the new Y”, which can be applied by inserting words or phrases for X and Y, “cloning” the trope of the original expression, “pink is the new black”. For instance, this snowclone might appear as “Random is the New Order”, a marketing phrase for the iPod shuffle.

Now you know.

Footnote 1: Chuquet has an option that shows the popular articles in Wikipedia. Fun stuff.

Footnote 2: And don’t forget NewZingo’s cloud showing the popularity of Google news articles. Good stuff.

  • http://chuquet.com Laurence Timms

    Footnote 3: did you know that the authors of chuquet and newzingo just happened to email each other today to discuss the relative merits of their applications?

    Synchronicity or what?

  • http://blog.eronj.com Ron K. Jeffries

    Very, very cool. I’m smiling. –ron jeffries

  • http://blog.eronj.com/2006/03/05/prankle-is-the-new-cool/ Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » Prankle is the New Cool

    [...] P.S. Extra points if you recognized my snowclone title for this post. [...]

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