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Unintentional humor is the act of making other people laugh without actually trying to. There are several different kinds of unintentional humor that arise out of various situations. Unintentional humor - Unintended contradiction

Yogiisms are quotations by Yogi Berra, who, besides being a baseball player, was also famous for fracturing the English language in provocative, interesting ways. Similar phrases, spoken by other people, are also sometimes called "Yogiisms". Many Yogiisms are oxymora


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* Encyclopedia - Yogiisms

Yogiisms are quotations by Yogi Berra, who, besides being a baseball player, was also famous for fracturing the English language in provocative, interesting ways. Similar phrases, spoken by other people, are also sometimes called "Yogiisms". Many Yogiisms are oxymora. Yogiisms - Examples. It ain't over till it's over. This quotation is undoubtedly the best-known Yogiism. However, what he really said was You're never out of it 'til you're out of it in regard to the 1973 Nati ... Including:

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* Encyclopedia II - Yogiisms - Examples

This quotation is undoubtedly the best-known Yogiism. However, what he really said was You're never out of it 'til you're out of it in regard to the 1973 National League pennant race. I want to thank you for making this day necessary. This was said at Yogi Berra day in St Louis in 1947. It is supposed to be the first Yogiism. By his account, he asked a teammate to write a short speech, and he misspoke, replacing the wo ...

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* Encyclopedia - Unintentional humor

Unintentional humor is the act of making other people laugh without actually trying to. There are several different kinds of unintentional humor that arise out of various situations. Unintentional humor - Unintended contradiction. It is possible for unintentional humor to arise when two different well-meaning people contribute independent pieces of information, but in combination, they contradict each other. The image on the right is an example of this. English ... Including:

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* Encyclopedia - Baseball slang

Paul Dickson says in his introduction to The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, "The influence of baseball on American English at large is stunning and strong." No other sport has contributed so richly to American English as baseball. Slang terms (as distinct from jargon) have evolved a usage and meaning independent of baseball and are often used by those with little knowledge of the game. Many of these terms are deeply entrenched in the American psyche. The following are common American slang terms, each of ... Including:

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* Encyclopedia - Aflac

Aflac NYSE: AFL TYO: 8686 is an American insurance company, which was founded by three brothers, John, Paul, and Bill Amos in 1955 in Columbus, Georgia. The company's corporate name was formerly American Family Life Assurance Company, but in 1990 the acronym was formally adopted as the legal name. The official name on the firm's Web site, and for legally selling insurance, is the American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus. Aflac has three realms of operations: New York State, the rest of the United States, and Japan (where they still use the ... Including:

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* Encyclopedia - Yogi Berra

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (born May 12, 1925) is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who played almost his entire career for the New York Yankees. He is one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times, and one of only six managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. He currently lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Born in a primarily Italian neighborhood of St. Louis called "The Hill", Berra was the son of immigrants and originally ... Including:

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* Encyclopedia - -ism

The English suffix -ism was first used to form a noun of action from a verb. It is taken from the Greek suffix -ismos that likewise forms abstract nouns from verbal stems. An example is baptism, from Greek baptismos "immersion", derived from baptizein, a Greek verb meaning "to immerse". Its usage was later extended to signify larger organized systems and concepts —in belie ...

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* Encyclopedia II - Damaging quotation - Categories of damaging quotations

There are various common categories of quotes: malapropisms or grammatical errors, exaggerations about past achievements, lack of conviction, consorting with the enemy, moral turpitude, indifference towards victims of crime, etc. In the case of malapropisms, it is a logical fallacy (called argument ad hominem) to conclude that the entire argument of whoever made the utterance is incorrect. Yet it has become common in partisan argument in the United States. For instance: former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, during an interview with Wolf ...

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