Yogi-isms
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Yogi-isms are the famously humorous, paradoxical, and often unintentionally witty sayings attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American idiom
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collection of quotations → cultural phenomenon → humorous saying → malapropism → |
| associatedWith |
American popular culture
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Major League Baseball → New York Yankees → |
| attributedTo | Yogi Berra → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| documentedIn |
books about Yogi Berra
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sports journalism → |
| genre |
aphorism
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humor → wit → |
| hasCharacteristic |
illogical
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memorable → paradoxical → quotable → unintentionally witty → |
| influenced | American comedic style → |
| language | English → |
| namedAfter | Yogi Berra → |
| notableExample |
A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.
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Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours. → Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical. → I really didn’t say everything I said. → If you can’t imitate him, don’t copy him. → If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. → It ain’t over till it’s over. → It gets late early out there. → It’s déjà vu all over again. → Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded. → Pair up in threes. → The future ain’t what it used to be. → We made too many wrong mistakes. → When you come to a fork in the road, take it. → You can observe a lot by watching. → You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you. → You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there. → |
| perceivedAs |
comic paradox
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homespun wisdom → |
| typicalStructure |
apparent contradiction
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short sentence → |
| usedIn |
business speeches
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motivational talks → sports commentary → |
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