Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.

[EX Q]: Consider this quote from Mark Twain: 'Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.' Does it mean having children is a bad thing? Could you explain what the children imply here?.
[EX A]: Two thoughts are run together: Familiarity breeds contempt {knowing people very well lets you see their faults} Familiarity breeds children {physical familiarity between the sexes leads to children} Hence Familiarity breeds contempt and children. A similar example of this particular way of playing with words (called Zeugma) is: 'You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit.'

[EX Q]: There is the verb quicken to make something quick or faster, but Merriam-Webster doesn't list slowen. What is the verb to make something slow (as in 'reduce in speed', not 'something that is slow')?.
[EX A]: The word slow itself can be used as a verb. It is an antonym for quicken Slow, from M-W verb to make (something, such as a car) move at a lower speed; to begin to move at a lower speed; to become slower 'the car slowed to a halt'

[EX Q]: For example, for the original quote we shall use, 'One swallow does not a summer make'. If someone were to say 'One good quote does not a philosopher make' (No dig at Aristotle intended...), or 'A fancy suit does not a businessman make'. Essentially, a clear allusion to a quote, but not the quote itself.
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The word I've heard used for this on the linguistics blog Language Log is snowclone (it's derived from phrases of the format 'If Eskimos have N words for snow, X surely have Y words for Z.') Here's a Language Log post that describes the moment the word was coined and that links to some examples: Snowclones: Lexicographical Dating to the Second And here's how it's defined by Collins Dictionaries online: a verbal formula that is adapted for reuse by changing only a few words so that the allusion to the original phrase remains clear You might also be interested in looking at the answers to the following questions: This book will change your wife trope? Is there a general name for this: 'The more you X the more you'll Y' A term describing the replacement of a specific word in a saying with one that ryhmes

