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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Snowclones - n., Phrases that become so popular that they become fill-in-the-blank idioms. Dubbed by Glen Whitman, an economist at California State University at Northridge. Inspired by the frequently repeated yet inaccurate saying, “If Eskimos have n words for snow, then x have y words for z.” They often originate in TV shows.For example, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
[ via Mark Peters, Psychology Today magazine, July/August 2006 ]
