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What are these statements called?
We've all heard people say phrases like "I'm happier than a possum eating crap off a barbed wire fence" or "He ain't no bigger than a popcorn fart" etc. These are not euphemisms per se. What are they called? I know... Redneck but still..
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- Bert HLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
phrase
In everyday speech, a phrase may refer to any group of words. In linguistics, a phrase is a group of words which form a constituent and so function as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence.
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phrase n. A sequence of words intended to have meaning. A characteristic way or mode of expression.
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