Comments on: Weekend Word Wrap: chiasmus

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:23:29 +0000

Overheard at a conference:

“Just because there’s a gap in the market doesn’t mean there’s a market in the gap.”

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:08:09 +0000

As to JFK’s famous quote, Warren G Harding said it first!

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:24:58 +0000

‘She’s pretty. She’s ugly. … She’s pretty ugly’. My dad commenting on a girl whos not quite pretty or ugly…

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:30:30 +0000

Has anyone mentioned another famous Franklin wordplay? It is similar to a chiasmus, but a bit different. When encouraging John Hancock to sign the Declaration of Independance, the witty wordster quipped, in an exceptionally morbid tone, “We must all hang together, or surely we will all hang separately.”

By: Bernie Brogden

Bernie Brogden — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:10:10 +0000

“(People) Hate Dying But Most (People) Die Hating.”

One of my favorite rappers, Jadakiss, had this insightful tidbit into the ‘crabs in a barrel’ mentality that has pervaded many a folk in and outside hip hop culture.

“Hating” in the context he’s using the term is performing any act of jealousy — also: performing an envious gesture, or possessing a thought of envy.

By: Dolly

Dolly — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:45:08 +0000

People don’t know what they like; they like what they know.

And

You don’t deserve what you get or get what you deserve.

By: Doc Stuart

Doc Stuart — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:45:07 +0000

“Two wrongs do not make a right, but three lefts do…”

By: Thursday

Thursday — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:13:20 +0000

How about:

“Why, I wonder, do I wonder why?”

By: Mescan

Mescan — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:03:59 +0000

I came up with this one a while back when i was on hard times…

“When you’re poor it rains; and when it rains, it pours.”

p.s. does that count even though the words aren’t the same?

By: moebius

moebius — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:13:59 +0000

A hard man is good to find. (by Mae West)

If theyâ€™re so Rich, why arenâ€™t they Smart.

Not all conservatives are stupid, but nearly all stupid people are conservatives.

Some people _____ to live, others live to _____.
(i.e.)Some people eat to live, others live to eat.
Some people work to live, others live to work.