#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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