Neologism for a type of cliché and phrasal template
A snowclone is a cliché and phrasal template that can be used and recognized in multiple variants. The term was coined in 2004, derived from journalistic clichés that referred to the number of Inuit words for snow.[1]
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A snowclone is a cliché and phrasal template that can be used and recognized in multiple variants. The term was coined in 2004, derived from journalistic...
it" became a popular phrase as a result of the song. It also became a snowclone phrase, leading to a variety of book and article titles of the form, "Take...
<Number>", e.g., "common stocks rose 1.72 to 340.36". The neologism "snowclone" was introduced to refer to a special case of phrasal templates that "clone"...
closer to the English nursery rhyme. The short poem has since become a snowclone, and numerous satirical versions have long circulated in children's lore...
"______, thy name is ______" is a snowclone used to indicate the completeness with which something or somebody (indicated by the second part) embodies...
The Rise and Fall of is an English snowclone popularly used in titles of works. Examples of its usage include: The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve, a book...
of a phrasal template "X considered harmful". As of 2009[update], its snowclones have been used in the titles of at least 65 critical essays in computer...
Politician or orator who panders to fears and emotions of the public Snowclone – Neologism for a type of cliché and phrasal template Superficiality Tautology...
Decline and Fall of (alternatively Decline and Fall of) is an English snowclone popularly used in titles of works. It originates from The History of the...
history of copypastas and similar content Running gag, a recurring joke Snowclone, a cliché and phrasal template that can be used and recognized in multiple...
overlords", was used by Kent Brockman in "Deep Space Homer" and has become a snowclone, with variants of the utterance used to express obsequious submission...
high system requirements. The phrase has continued in modern usage, as a snowclone, with any other high-end (or ironically low-end) game title replacing...
relaxed atmosphere and low cost of living. Olim L'Berlin, a Facebook snowclone asking Israelis to emigrate to Berlin, gained notoriety in 2014. Some...
The Game, a card game, in 2016. There is also a Mad Libs mobile app. Snowclone Phrasal template Cloze test Consequences (game) Exquisite corpse Cards...
"The Shape of X to Come" is a snowclone. Shape of Things to Come may refer to: The Shape of Things to Come, a 1933 science fiction novel by H G Wells...
The latter part of this phrase quickly took off as a catchphrase and a snowclone in the form of "I used to X, but then I took an arrow in the knee" with...
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