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The rise of COVID 'snowclones' – the mother of all linguistic phrases

By David Tizón Couto, Investigador Distinguido en el departamento de Filología Inglesa, Francesa y Alemana // Honorary Research Fellow at the Dept. of English, French and German, Universidade de Vigo

More than clichés for lazy journalists, ‘snowclones’ are creative devices that have helped people digest the shock of the pandemic a little better.

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