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Displaying all articles tagged:
Metaphors
politics
Feb. 5, 2019
Even Trump’s Tie Doesn’t Wanna Be at the State of the Union
It tried to escape.
By
Opheli Garcia Lawler
politics
June 29, 2017
Republican Senator Uses Porcupine-Sex Metaphor to Explain Health-Care Bill
Senator Pat Roberts explained the Obamacare repeal with an … interesting metaphor.
By
Claire Landsbaum
metaphors
Dec. 9, 2015
Uncle Sam Went to Donald Trump’s Office and Messed Up His Hair
Uncle Sam is a 27-year-old bald eagle.
By
Jaime Fuller
oh hitler!
Dec. 1, 2015
Thom Yorke, Master of Metaphor, Compares YouTube to Nazi Germany
He would totally kill Baby Hitler.
By
Lauretta Charlton
bye bye boehner
Oct. 27, 2015
The Dirty Barn That Is Congress Is No Longer Full of You Know What, Boehner Says
He also leaves the Freedom Caucus with a final eye roll.
By
Jaime Fuller
jeb!
Oct. 27, 2015
Jeb Bush’s ‘Death Spiral’ Has Donors and Strategists Feeling Morbid
There’s talk of hospice care.
By
Jaime Fuller
metaphors
Dec. 4, 2014
New York
Times
Delivery Truck Should Have Taken Buyout
All the news that’s fit to spill.
By
Jessica Roy
metaphors
Oct. 22, 2014
Rob Pruitt Likens Spray-Painting Jeans to Casual Sex
His reasoning is unclear.
By
Véronique Hyland
metaphors
Aug. 7, 2014
Kristen Stewart Will Not Be Your Bag of Chips
A good new metaphor.
By
Maggie Lange
euphemisms
Mar. 4, 2014
Cameron Diaz’s Life Work is Vagina Euphemisms
Mixed metaphors aplenty.
By
Maggie Lange
metaphors
Jan. 7, 2014
Everyone Talks Fixing Life at
Girls
Premiere
It’s the
theme
.
By
Maggie Lange
metaphors
May 13, 2013
The
West Wing
Echo on Last Night’s
Mad Men
Pilots sometimes fly upside down.
By
Margaret Lyons
metaphors
Feb. 20, 2013
Michelle Williams Growing Out Her Hair
If you know what she means. (Do you?)
By
Kat Stoeffel
metaphors
Sept. 26, 2012
Donald Trump’s Bronx Golf Course Is Alarmingly Gassy
Methane meets money.
By
Brett Smiley
metaphors
Sept. 17, 2012
Akin’s Wife Compares GOP Treatment to Rape
Or maybe just the threat of rape? It’s hard to tell.
By
Caroline Bankoff
bons mots
Nov. 16, 2010
BofA CEO: Banking After the Mortage Crisis Is Like Fighting in a War Before Weapons
“It’s a day-to-day, hand-to-hand combat.”
By
Jessica Pressler
yeah its just like that
Oct. 5, 2010
Warren Buffett: Wall Street Is Doing God’s Work
Except for on the weekends.
By
Jessica Pressler
american idol
May 26, 2010
The Genius of Simon Cowell: Insulting Similes
We compiled our favorites, broken down into categories like, “Impaired Celebrities” and “Experiences Humans Dread.”
By
Emma Rosenblum
and
Cooper Marshall
design hunting
July 9, 2009
Design Hunting: Backstage at the Ballet, Up Front at the Ace Hotel
Glass terrarium blobs, amazing feats of wallpaper, and the friendliest door-hipster in New York: Wendy Goodman brings them home.
By
Wendy Goodman
the industry
Mar. 19, 2009
Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman Are Going to Break Up
Plus: Merman!
By
Amos Barshad
puppies!!!!!!
Nov. 6, 2008
White House Dog Barney Copes, Bites
Well, how would YOU deal with getting kicked out of your house?
By
Jessica Coen