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minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoMy two favorite malaphors: It’s not rocket surgery. We will burn that bridge when we get to it.
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 hours agoI use those both regularly. And people seem totally unable to tell whether I am doing it on purpose.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 days agoMalaphor, my new favorite word Also: “she looks like she’s been through the run of the mill”
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 hours ago“He looks like he fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThat’s all water under the fridge at this point.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoNot sure what’s the idiom with “fridge” in it.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 hours agoThere isn’t one, it’s a malaphor imposter!
My two favorite malaphors:
I use those both regularly. And people seem totally unable to tell whether I am doing it on purpose.
Malaphor, my new favorite word Also: “she looks like she’s been through the run of the mill”
“He looks like he fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
That’s all water under the fridge at this point.
Not sure what’s the idiom with “fridge” in it.
There isn’t one, it’s a malaphor imposter!