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"A twisted and consequentially nonsensical aphorism, such as "birds of a feather gather no moss"." "Named after Lord Dundreary, a foolish aristocrat in Tom Tay
by beaugunderson 3y ago
"A twisted and consequentially nonsensical aphorism, such as "birds of a feather gather no moss"."
"Named after Lord Dundreary, a foolish aristocrat in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858), who utters remarks of this kind; + -ism."
from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dundrearyism https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dundrearyism