The Truro Tattler has launched a global search for examples of a new figure of speech, the malaphor. A malaphor is a cross between a malaprop and a metaphor. The best ones make sense in a weird way. For example:
1. "I feel like the village albatross." The speaker meant "village idiot" but crossed the saying with "an albatross around my neck."
2. "Never shoot a gift horse in the face," The speaker may have been thinking about "looking" a gift horse in the mouth and "they shoot horses, don't they?"
3. "Chiseled in wool or carved in wool." The speaker meant "granite."
4. "This should wet your appetite." This makes almost as much sense as "whet".
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