Uncovering a new twist on word plays

Cheryl RussellParaprosdokians. What in the world are they? They’re not the latest in foodie fashion nor are they some strange being from a Star Wars film. It’s definitely hard to spell and even more difficult to pronounce. So why bother, right? Actually, they are more common than we realize because paraprosdokians are a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, and is frequently humorous. For example, “Where there is a will,