Term: wellerism: a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: leaf: a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: bypass: a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: leash: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: blennioid fish: elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: esophagoscope: an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: ambivalence: mixed feelings or emotions
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: bus ticket: a ticket good for a ride on a bus
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: united church of christ: merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: retrospect: contemplation of things past
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: leverage: the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever