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The metahpor of food, feeding and eating sits well with my malaysian sensibility, but then again, if eating is seen as compensatory, rather than nourishing, it still carries with it a hint of wistfulness.
Love After Love Sharon Bakar 2006
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i guess you could extend this metahpor out to sexualized video game characters like Bloodrayne, Ivy, and Lara Croft who are all highly sexualized characters who you DIRECTLY control.
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You can’t make that concept, or metahpor, work for background radiation.
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How’s that for a mixed metahpor, fairy tale, or Harry Potter as the case may be.
Think Progress » The School Safavian and Abramoff Built 2005
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Think of it more as a link lifestyle block, without the hard work of an actual farm link lifetyle blocks are in privileged areas no this metahpor doesn’t work.
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(especially the second part as I think metaphors do great wonders for understanding complexity), however, I've been thinking lately that every generation is always sure whatever they have around is a great metahpor for whatever it is they're thinking about (in this case the brain).
NoahBrier.com 2009
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