Party for two?
Posted: January 22, 2013 Filed under: party, PLACES, THINGS | Tags: blended idioms, dinner for two, expressions, humor, language, lingusitics, malaphors, mixed idioms, party of two, Shania Twain, words Leave a commentA friend heard this subtle malaphor from a seating host at a restaurant. This is a mash up of “party of two” and “table for two”, both expressions used at restaurants. This is in contrast to a true party for two, noted by Shania Twain in her hit, “Party for Two”:
BRIDGE:
It doesn’t matter what you wear
‘Cause it’s only gonna be
you and me there (Whoa!)
CHORUS:
I’m having a party
A party for two
Invitin’ nobody
Nobody but you

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