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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

  • 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.

    WOMAN AS (SEX) TOY » Sociological Images 2008

  • You can’t make that concept, or metahpor, work for background radiation.

    My Favorite Holiday Treat? Richard Dawkins Mark 2007

  • 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

  • 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.

    Feminism and other links 2006

  • (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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