Sometimes we come across phrases that we never expected to hear or read. These words or word combinations can make us pause and ponder on them for a while. It’s fascinating to think that there are sentences that might have never been spoken before in the English language. Coming up with or coming across such instances feels a bit like discovering a new land.
Social media can be a great source of amazing content if you know where to look for it, and the members of r/BrandNewSentence certainly do! Created in 2018, this community celebrates the idea of discovering unique sentences anytime, anywhere.
“Brand New Sentence” is all about finding sentences that have never been seen before, so naturally reposts are not allowed. According to the moderators of the group, for a sentence to be posted on the subreddit, it must have “never been said before, or said few enough times to qualify as ‘almost new’”, be “not an idiom (or a translated idiom)” and “humorous or confusingly worded”.
The bounds of human creativity know no limits. From cleverly labeling cutlery as 'food weapons' to coming up with ‘moron support’, which means moral support but ‘stupid’, we constantly discover unusual expressions. And if that doesn't surprise you, consider this captivating caption: “Blind bisexual goose named Thomas who spent six years in a love triangle with two swans and helped raise 68 babies dies at the ripe old age of 40”. Have you encountered any phrases or expressions that you believe are truly one-of-a-kind?
