snowclone英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A formulaic phrase that can be customized to fit a variety of contexts.

— I stumbled upon the site the other day, when I was looking up the origins of the "Im not an X, but I play one on TV" snowclone.

动词 v.

To use a snowclone in speech or writing. intransitive

— Many journalists are guilty of serial snowcloning, but snowclones aren't always a symptom of laziness – they can be a cultural in-joke.

词形变化

snowclones plural snowclones present,singular,third-person snowcloning participle,present snowcloned participle,past snowcloned past

词源

词源 1

Blend of snow cone + clone, in reference to the phrase “If Eskimos have dozens of words for snow, X have as many for Y” (which is an example of a snowclone). Coined by American television writer and economist Glen Whitman in January 2004, in response to Geoffrey Pullum on the blog Language Log.

词源 2

Blend of snow cone + clone, in reference to the phrase “If Eskimos have dozens of words for snow, X have as many for Y” (which is an example of a snowclone). Coined by American television writer and economist Glen Whitman in January 2004, in response to Geoffrey Pullum on the blog Language Log.