১০ জানুয়ারী, ২০১১

#NoMeta4s.

Twitter takes up arms in the War on Metaphors.

২৮টি মন্তব্য:

Triangle Man বলেছেন...

Who is going to shine a light on this problem? Will no one drive the message home? This is a slippery slope. Meade and Althouse aren't the only ones skating on thin ice.

Peter Hoh বলেছেন...

Similes rule. Metaphors drool.

traditionalguy বলেছেন...

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our metaphor was still there.

Triangle Man বলেছেন...

@Peter_Hoh

Similies are next to go. Just wait.

R.L. Hunter বলেছেন...

These are not the metaphors you are looking for.

Triangle Man বলেছেন...

I for one look forward to the sun setting on our long national nightmare of metaphorical speech. Literalism will free us from the bonds of relating thoughts to experiences.

chickelit বলেছেন...

peter hoh said...
Similes rule. Metaphors drool.

Likewise

Peter Hoh বলেছেন...

First they came for the metaphors . . . .

Syllogisms are moving to Canada.

garage mahal বলেছেন...

Don't Retreat. Reload! - Your plumb bobs and leveling instruments.

chickelit বলেছেন...

@Peter_Hoh:

A simile is worth a thousand words.

wv "firtiv": Pining furtivley

David বলেছেন...

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

Constipation metaphor.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Metaphor drives its point home on a two-way street.

(Probably from Richard Harvey Brown _A Poetic for Sociology_ but maybe from Goffman somewhere)

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Simile and the world similes with you.

Metaphor and you metaphor alone.

Peter Hoh বলেছেন...

"I never metaphor I didn't like."

-- Will Rogers

R.L. Hunter বলেছেন...

Is the previous metaphor thread pining for the fjords?

Unknown বলেছেন...

And, by opposing, end them.

In any case, the page ain't there.

David বলেছেন...

I would gladly give up similes if the word "like" could be eliminated for all purposes. Like, now.

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

"Similes rule. Metaphors drool."

Similes are mindless teenagers who say "like" all the time.

R.L. Hunter বলেছেন...

All the world's a simile,
And all the men and women merely metaphors.

chickelit বলেছেন...

Similes are mindless teenagers who say "like" all the time.

SiMiLE was the name of another unreleased Beach Boys album in the 1960s. Brian Wilson said in interview at the time that it was like, a teenage symphony to God.

Opus One Media বলেছেন...

just a reminder into metaland..

...1111111111111......

Alex বলেছেন...

Meade and Althouse aren't the only ones skating on thin ice.

Dude - stop projecting.

Triangle Man বলেছেন...

Dude - stop projecting

@Alex

I've not been in therapy. What does that mean?

jayne_cobb বলেছেন...

A Dem. Rep. is now trying to get the term "job killing" removed from the ObamaCare repeal bill.

Apparently it is too violent.

Peter Hoh বলেছেন...

If metaphors are outlawed, only outlaws will have metaphors.

fivewheels বলেছেন...

Interviewer: Why didn't you call the police?

Vercotti: Well, I was terrified. Everyone was terrified of Doug. ...

Interviewer: What did he do?

Vercotti: He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious.

DADvocate বলেছেন...

Are metatarsals OK?

Kirby Olson বলেছেন...

If you bring the knife, I will bring the spoon, fork, and tea set.