Snow Clone

A phrase template with variables that carries its own colloquial meaning.

The name SnowClone derives from the prototypical sentence "Eskimos have 4 words for snow". Generalized as "$group have $number words for $concept", it implies that slight variations of a concept are important enough to warrant their own words within a group.

SnowClones sighted prominently here:

• $construct ConsideredHarmful:Boatloads! http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=consideredharmful
• $noun1 is the new $noun2:JavaIsTheNewCobol, EnglishIsTheNewLatin