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noun - a sudden unexpected switch
An unexpected variation or reversal.
SWITCHEROO - A switcheroo is a sudden unexpected variation or reversal, often for a humorous purpose. It is colloquially used in reference to an act of intentiona...
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A switcheroo is a sudden unexpected variation or reversal, often for a humorous purpose. It is colloquially used in reference to an act of intentionally or unintentionally swapping two objects.As a comedic device, this was a favorite of Woody Allen; for a time, he used so many switcheroos that friends referred to him as "Allen Woody." Some of Allen's switcheroo gags include:* Carrying a sword on the street; in case of an attack it turned into a cane, so people would feel sorry for him * Carrying a bullet in his breast pocket; he claimed someone once threw a Bible at him and the bullet saved his life.Another example comes from the film The Aristocrats, wherein Wendy Liebman pulls "the old switcheroo". Whereas the joke normally is narrated as a vulgar series of actions followed by the clean punch line, Liebman narrates a very aristocratic series of actions followed by a very vulgar punch line.In his book Gödel, Escher, Bach, Douglas Hofstadter names one of the rules in his version of pro |