What do you call this kind of expression?

[Arcadio]

What do you call this kind of expression:

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas"

I love word play, paradoxes, logic puzzles, etc. That's why I ask.

 

[schizoid77]

Syntactic ambiguity

 

[MotF Bane]

You love word play, paradoxes, logic puzzles, but you hate "h"?

 

[KeithTalent]

I'd call it a Groucho Marx quote.

KT

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: schizoid77
Syntactic ambiguity

I don't think that's the name... or maybe, but I think it's something else. One word.

Reps for contribution anyways...

 

[KeithTalent]

Are you thinking of an idiom?

KT

 

[schizoid77]

Semantic ambiguity?

That's all I can find. I like it though.

 

[Arcadio]

Paraprosdokian!!!! That's the one. I just found it.

Thanks for playing everyone!!

Wikipedia to the rescue.

These are some more examples:

# Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
# Generally speaking, women are.
# The car stopped on a dime, which unfortunately was in a pedestrian's pocket.
# I'm trying... very trying.
# I don't smoke anymore, nor do I smoke any less.
# "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."

'ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprosdokian

 

[schizoid77]

Same quote is listed on Wikipedia for the 2 names I posted.

I like your name better though.

 

[KeithTalent]

Huh, never heard that one before, interesting.

KT

 

[Kadarin]

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."

I always liked that one 🙂