For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.

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    3 days ago

    Antimetaboles, maybe? It’s when you switch two words for poetic effect.

    When the goin’ gets tough, the tough get goin’!

    It’s fun to sound pseudo-poetic by trying to make one on the fly. Easier than a limerick

    In this world, you either have bot aim, or you have aimbot.

    It’s better to cum in the sink than to sink in the cum

    Shakespeare was lowbrow too, ok

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      The Sphinx : Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage…

      Mr. Furious : …your rage will become your master? That’s what you were going to say. Right? Right?

      The Sphinx : Not necessarily.

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      “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy”?

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      Lol Shakespeare the OG rapper:

      From Family Guy: I’m not saying she’s a gold digger, but she ain’t messing with any…who isn’t she messing with?

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          Someone mentioned before that the line used in that family guy scene is an actual existing rap lyric. My guess is ‘old [explicative]’

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            I know how the original song goes lol. The radio edit had “messing with no broke, broke.” Which I thought made no sense. So much of hip hop is improved by listening uncensored.

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              I always laugh at it when they have to record 2 completely different versions of a song, such as D12’s Purple Hills vs the original version Purple Pills.