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A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which [the latter] part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is [frequently] used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an [anticlimax] . . . sometimes a very funny turn of phrase.
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