tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post8155377622800624157..comments2023-12-28T04:41:50.326-05:00Comments on Judge a Book by its Cover: We sometimes think they don't have a brain, but ....Miss Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075664250796458409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-72805057799844124482009-03-26T13:37:00.000-04:002009-03-26T13:37:00.000-04:00Keri -- thanks! New word!! Yes, we often use "th...Keri -- thanks! New word!! Yes, we often use "the White House" to refer to the Prez, but now we can just use a suit!BikerPuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598249279953330970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-48745762514170707162009-03-25T22:26:00.000-04:002009-03-25T22:26:00.000-04:00Oh man, I'm really smacking my forehead right now,...Oh man, I'm really smacking my forehead right now, because there's a word for that image, and I can't think of it. It's a type of metaphor.<BR/><BR/>Metonymy? maybe? where a thing closely related/part of something else stands in for that something else - the most common example is using "the crown" to refer to the monarchy.<BR/><BR/><BR/>So we get a suit behind the presidential seal to represent the presidency, and the lack of head means we can't pin it to a specific president.<BR/><BR/><BR/>BUT. Despite the arguably clever use of the concept, it still sucks. Looks like a cheap photoshop job done for a spam ad on the 'net.Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748531875850601296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-16762568225599001712009-03-24T19:07:00.000-04:002009-03-24T19:07:00.000-04:00"...the cover just creeps me out."That's probably ..."...the cover just creeps me out."<BR/><BR/>That's probably the intention. The trend for people to regard "dumb" as "good" in the world's most powerful country is pretty creepy.xenobiologistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781983279242647376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055640445288546798.post-53503057705607458382009-03-24T16:02:00.000-04:002009-03-24T16:02:00.000-04:00No head or neck, but hands?No head or neck, but hands?capewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028921297568214207noreply@blogger.com