For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists,[1] such as Groucho Marx.
"[4][5][6][7][8] While the word is now in wide circulation, "paraprosdokian" (or "paraprosdokia") is not a term of classical (or medieval) Greek or Latin rhetoric; it was first attested in 1896.
", a Modern Hebrew speaker can say בסדר גמור; היא בסדר, אני גמור (be-séder gamúr; hi be-séder, aní gamúr), literally "in-order complete; she in-order, I complete", i.e., "We are very good.
[11]: 88 Note the ambiguity of the Hebrew lexical item גמור gamúr: it means both "complete" and "finished".
[11]: 88 A parallel punning paraprosdokian in English is a man's response to a friend's question "Why are you and your wife here?