#saying__expression__locution a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"
supertype: speech_communication__speech__spoken_language__language__voice_communication__voicecommunication__oral_communication communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred"; "the telephone greatly increased the range of speech communication"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
subtype: Beatitude one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"
subtype: logion a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels
subtype: calque__loan_translation an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
subtype: ambiguity an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
subtype: loophole an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
subtype: amphibology__amphiboly an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
subtype: parisology the use of ambiguous words
subtype: double_entendre an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
subtype: euphemism an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
subtype: blank.euphemism a substitute for a taboo word; "I hit the blank blank car"
subtype: darn a euphemism for `damn'
subtype: heck a euphemism for `hell'; "Oh what the heck"
subtype: shucks an expression of disappointment or irritation
subtype: tongue_twister an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly; "`rubber baby buggy bumper' is a tongue twister"
subtype: anatomical_reference__anatomical an expression that relates to anatomy
subtype: southernism a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States
subtype: motto__slogan__catchword__shibboleth a favorite saying of a sect or political group
subtype: catchphrase__catch_phrase__catchphrase a phrase that has become a catchword
subtype: war_cry__warcry__rallying_cry__battle_cry__cry a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"
subtype: maxim__axiom a saying that widely accepted on its own merits
subtype: aphorism__apothegm__apophthegm a short pithy instructive saying
subtype: gnome a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
subtype: Murphy's_Law humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong
subtype: moralism.maxim a moral maxim
subtype: epigram__quip a witty saying
subtype: proverb__adage__saw a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
subtype: phrasal_idiom__phrasalidiom__idiom__idiomatic_expression__idiomaticexpression__set_phrase__setphrase__phrase an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
subtype: agrapha sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels
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