Enero 10, 2011

#NoMeta4s.

Twitter takes up arms in the War on Metaphors.

28 komento:

Triangle Man ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

Similes rule. Metaphors drool.

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

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

Triangle Man ayon kay ...

@Peter_Hoh

Similies are next to go. Just wait.

R.L. Hunter ayon kay ...

These are not the metaphors you are looking for.

Triangle Man ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

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

Likewise

Peter Hoh ayon kay ...

First they came for the metaphors . . . .

Syllogisms are moving to Canada.

garage mahal ayon kay ...

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

chickelit ayon kay ...

@Peter_Hoh:

A simile is worth a thousand words.

wv "firtiv": Pining furtivley

David ayon kay ...

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

Constipation metaphor.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

Simile and the world similes with you.

Metaphor and you metaphor alone.

Peter Hoh ayon kay ...

"I never metaphor I didn't like."

-- Will Rogers

R.L. Hunter ayon kay ...

Is the previous metaphor thread pining for the fjords?

Unknown ayon kay ...

And, by opposing, end them.

In any case, the page ain't there.

David ayon kay ...

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

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"Similes rule. Metaphors drool."

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

R.L. Hunter ayon kay ...

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

chickelit ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

just a reminder into metaland..

...1111111111111......

Alex ayon kay ...

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

Dude - stop projecting.

Triangle Man ayon kay ...

Dude - stop projecting

@Alex

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

jayne_cobb ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

If metaphors are outlawed, only outlaws will have metaphors.

fivewheels ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

Are metatarsals OK?

Kirby Olson ayon kay ...

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

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