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Does this have a name? Like the overuse of "X considered harmful" after Dijkstra, or the annoying increase of "X Y and where/how to Z them" after JK Rowling?


Snowclone is a popular term for it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone


I don't think it's on the same level with "considered harmful" quite yet but definitely heading there. BTW, two more for your list:

  - Everything you always wanted to know about X (but were afraid to ask)
  - X, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Y




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