antiproverb

Etymology

Coined by paremiologist Wolfgang Mieder in 1982, anti- + proverb.

noun

  1. A humorous adaptation of one or more existing proverbs.“The system isn’t broken. It’s fixed.¶ Another species of anti-proverb, this one plays on the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” which seems to have emerged in the 1960s.”
  2. A proverb that contradicts another.“But for every proverb there is an antiproverb ("Too many cooks spoil the broth" vs. "Two heads are better than one," and so on).”