Adam Chandler on the experience of visiting a Crumbl store: “Visiting a Crumbl can seem a bit like stepping into an Instagram Reel directed by North Korea state media and shot by Norman Rockwell.“ #metaphorsandbeyond
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Adam Chandler on the experience of visiting a Crumbl store: “Visiting a Crumbl can seem a bit like stepping into an Instagram Reel directed by North Korea state media and shot by Norman Rockwell.“ #metaphorsandbeyond
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Rex Huppke on the high seas: “As Trump’s decade-plus time as captain of the MAGA cruise ship winds its way into infamy, it appears the rats are either fleeing the ship or gearing up to fight over scraps in the galley.”
Thanks @rexhuppke.bsky.social !
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Thanks @rexhuppke.bsky.social !
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December 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Rex Huppke on the high seas: “As Trump’s decade-plus time as captain of the MAGA cruise ship winds its way into infamy, it appears the rats are either fleeing the ship or gearing up to fight over scraps in the galley.”
Thanks @rexhuppke.bsky.social !
#metaphorsandbeyond
Thanks @rexhuppke.bsky.social !
#metaphorsandbeyond
Great and accurate phrase; also “road test” and “traction” are two of our very best stealth metaphors for evaluating potentially potent words. Thanks @larryhochman.bsky.social!
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October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Great and accurate phrase; also “road test” and “traction” are two of our very best stealth metaphors for evaluating potentially potent words. Thanks @larryhochman.bsky.social!
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
(e.g., bunkers, balconies, oxygen, fencing off failed golf courses, collapse, an uninvited wedding guest, Judge Judy, empty cans of beans); takes many point of comparison to capture the moment. Enjoy!
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October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
(e.g., bunkers, balconies, oxygen, fencing off failed golf courses, collapse, an uninvited wedding guest, Judge Judy, empty cans of beans); takes many point of comparison to capture the moment. Enjoy!
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
George Packer combines stealth metaphors (rotted out and floor) with an archetypal metaphor (fall into) to offer a prediction about our politics and morality: “Once morality is rotted out by partisan relativism, the floor gives way and the fall into nihilism is swift.”
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#metaphorsandbeyond
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
George Packer combines stealth metaphors (rotted out and floor) with an archetypal metaphor (fall into) to offer a prediction about our politics and morality: “Once morality is rotted out by partisan relativism, the floor gives way and the fall into nihilism is swift.”
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
Zack Hill cleverly demonstrates that not all metaphiers are able to bridge age gaps. Carry on! #metaphorsandbeyond
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Zack Hill cleverly demonstrates that not all metaphiers are able to bridge age gaps. Carry on! #metaphorsandbeyond
“Thorn in the side” is one of our very best stealth metaphors; it sticks with you as it penetrates the worthy stick-ee. Well done Jonathan Peelle!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“Thorn in the side” is one of our very best stealth metaphors; it sticks with you as it penetrates the worthy stick-ee. Well done Jonathan Peelle!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
Mary Geddry:
“Trump isn’t content to nibble at the edges, he’s going full Red Queen, running through the White House shouting ‘off with their heads!’ at anyone who stands in his way.”
Shake him Alice, shake him!!
Thanks Lewis Carroll! Thanks Mary Geddry!
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“Trump isn’t content to nibble at the edges, he’s going full Red Queen, running through the White House shouting ‘off with their heads!’ at anyone who stands in his way.”
Shake him Alice, shake him!!
Thanks Lewis Carroll! Thanks Mary Geddry!
#metaphorsandbeyond
October 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Mary Geddry:
“Trump isn’t content to nibble at the edges, he’s going full Red Queen, running through the White House shouting ‘off with their heads!’ at anyone who stands in his way.”
Shake him Alice, shake him!!
Thanks Lewis Carroll! Thanks Mary Geddry!
#metaphorsandbeyond
“Trump isn’t content to nibble at the edges, he’s going full Red Queen, running through the White House shouting ‘off with their heads!’ at anyone who stands in his way.”
Shake him Alice, shake him!!
Thanks Lewis Carroll! Thanks Mary Geddry!
#metaphorsandbeyond
Where’s that flood insurance when we need it?! Thanks Joyce White Vance!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
October 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Where’s that flood insurance when we need it?! Thanks Joyce White Vance!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
“push,” “verge,” “stall,” and “top” serve QUICKLY to use the power of stealth metaphors to accomplish the task at hand (which is also a stealth metaphor). How’s your stealth metaphor game (also a stealth metaphor)? Do tell! Thanks Adam Wren! #metaphorsandbeyond
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“push,” “verge,” “stall,” and “top” serve QUICKLY to use the power of stealth metaphors to accomplish the task at hand (which is also a stealth metaphor). How’s your stealth metaphor game (also a stealth metaphor)? Do tell! Thanks Adam Wren! #metaphorsandbeyond
There's a worthwhile analogy cooking within that apt story just waiting for the right writer to find and use it! Thanks @michaelerard.bsky.social! #metaphorsandbeyond
October 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There's a worthwhile analogy cooking within that apt story just waiting for the right writer to find and use it! Thanks @michaelerard.bsky.social! #metaphorsandbeyond
A strong, well-crafted metaphor can do that for you and your readers. Do tell! #metaphorsandbeyond
October 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A strong, well-crafted metaphor can do that for you and your readers. Do tell! #metaphorsandbeyond
"Bulletproof" is one of our strongest stealth metaphors. Thanks YourAnonHope! #metaphorsandbeyond
September 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Bulletproof" is one of our strongest stealth metaphors. Thanks YourAnonHope! #metaphorsandbeyond
"Filling pockets," and "on the backs of" serve as two of our most potent stealth metaphors. Well done Dawn! Thanks!
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September 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Filling pockets," and "on the backs of" serve as two of our most potent stealth metaphors. Well done Dawn! Thanks!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
Finding such material is fun when you begin to notice how often observations, sayings, and ponding by others can be converted to a worthwhile comparison. Keep an eye (and ear) out!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
September 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Finding such material is fun when you begin to notice how often observations, sayings, and ponding by others can be converted to a worthwhile comparison. Keep an eye (and ear) out!
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
According to Laura Ullrich fog may be the best way to capture job seeking or job offering in the face of AI challenges and opportunities. Many thanks to CBS Sunday Morning for interviewing and quoting her. If fog was NOT available as a point of comparison what would you use? #metaphorsandbeyond
September 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
According to Laura Ullrich fog may be the best way to capture job seeking or job offering in the face of AI challenges and opportunities. Many thanks to CBS Sunday Morning for interviewing and quoting her. If fog was NOT available as a point of comparison what would you use? #metaphorsandbeyond
“Root” is one of our most substantial stealth metaphors and Robert Reich’s use of it signals the arduous tasks ahead of us. Buckle in!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
August 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“Root” is one of our most substantial stealth metaphors and Robert Reich’s use of it signals the arduous tasks ahead of us. Buckle in!
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
Texas MAGA power grab? HCR wrote: “On the road to authoritarianism, this is a whole factory of red flags.“ instantly tells you the depth and breadth of the TX MAGA move. She combines one stealth metaphor (on the road) with a clever modification of one. Thanks HCR! Well done. #metaphorsandbeyond
August 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Texas MAGA power grab? HCR wrote: “On the road to authoritarianism, this is a whole factory of red flags.“ instantly tells you the depth and breadth of the TX MAGA move. She combines one stealth metaphor (on the road) with a clever modification of one. Thanks HCR! Well done. #metaphorsandbeyond
Travel, journey, or distance stealth metaphors often serve when we need necessary encouragement. Thanks!
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August 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Travel, journey, or distance stealth metaphors often serve when we need necessary encouragement. Thanks!
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
Historical analogy via software update terminology! “Torrey Taussig . . . said the Trump-Putin meeting risked being seen as ‘Yalta 2.0,‘ referring to the 1945 summit in which leaders of the U.S., U.K. and Soviet Union carved up postwar spheres of influence.“ #metaphorsandbeyond
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Historical analogy via software update terminology! “Torrey Taussig . . . said the Trump-Putin meeting risked being seen as ‘Yalta 2.0,‘ referring to the 1945 summit in which leaders of the U.S., U.K. and Soviet Union carved up postwar spheres of influence.“ #metaphorsandbeyond
Anne Lamott calls up a useful container metaphor to describe some folks you’ve been worried about, they’re, she writes: “. . . bottomlessly stupid and greedy.” Enough said; you know what to do!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
August 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Anne Lamott calls up a useful container metaphor to describe some folks you’ve been worried about, they’re, she writes: “. . . bottomlessly stupid and greedy.” Enough said; you know what to do!
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
Pro analogies work well to argue in a quick response. Well done!
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#metaphorsandbeyond
August 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Pro analogies work well to argue in a quick response. Well done!
#metaphorsandbeyond
#metaphorsandbeyond
Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC opened a segment with: “Today in tarantulas in a bowl news, Elon Musk has announced that he will be starting a new political party to take on MAGA.”
We must keep a stronger eye on news segment names. Theraphosidae family members must be so proud.
#metaphorsandbeyond
We must keep a stronger eye on news segment names. Theraphosidae family members must be so proud.
#metaphorsandbeyond
July 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC opened a segment with: “Today in tarantulas in a bowl news, Elon Musk has announced that he will be starting a new political party to take on MAGA.”
We must keep a stronger eye on news segment names. Theraphosidae family members must be so proud.
#metaphorsandbeyond
We must keep a stronger eye on news segment names. Theraphosidae family members must be so proud.
#metaphorsandbeyond
Sea squirts to the conceptual rescue! #metaphorsandbeyond
July 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sea squirts to the conceptual rescue! #metaphorsandbeyond