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It's known as the malapropism.

• throwanem 4y ago
  In this case specifically of "to err is human; to forgive is divine," which sounds to me like Johnson but I'm not going to try looking up the attribution because, in this context in particular, the universe's love for irony all but guarantees I'll get it wrong.
  • throwanem 4y ago
    ...it was Alexander Pope.
• twalla 4y ago
  Nobody uses those anymore, they're too popular. English language stackexchange offered up "paraphrasing" and "snowclone", which I've never heard of. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/292853/what-is-it-called-when-you-change-a-well-known-quote-to-suit-your-subject https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/292853/what-is-i...
• klyrs 4y ago
  Looks like a neopropism to me
• deleted 4y ago
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