Showing posts with label Figures of Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Figures of Speech. Show all posts

Saturday, September 17, 2022

For the benefit of us dummies, Jonathan Turley draws 
a line between actual or literal 'peonage' and figurative 
'publicity stunt'.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Has Elon Musk screwed himself, or is it all
just a metaphor?

Monday, June 20, 2022

Eric Greitens Sez:  "If anyone doesn’t get the metaphor, 
they are either lying or dumb."

Friday, June 17, 2022

Sean Hannity Blasts 'Leftist Lawlessness' and Other 
Sinister Alliterations

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Have you ever wondered who came up with the idea of
shooting fish in a barrel?

Saturday, March 05, 2022

George Will has won the Figure of Speech of the Week
 Award for:  "Donald Trump looks increasingly like a
 stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve.”

Monday, January 17, 2022

Robo-Conundrum, 
Master of
Aggressive Non-Interventionism
 and
Belligerent Neutrality

Friday, July 31, 2020

When she said, "Bite me!", she didn't realize he was 
such a literalist.

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Whoever came up with the slogan, 'Build Back Better',
is not Biden's Best Buddy.
California Woman Takes Figure of Speech
Too Literally

Thursday, July 02, 2020

Loser Label Looms

Saturday, May 09, 2020

Trump Says National Stockpile of  Wartime Metaphors 
Running Dangerously Low

Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Governor Jim Justice, the Lumbering Lardass of West 
Virginia, told businesses to “fucking follow the guidelines,” 
but later denied dropping the F-bomb, blaming the 
alliteration on an “goddam glitch.”

Friday, April 24, 2020

And then Trump slit his nostrils open, sawed
his leg off, pulled his liver out, and nailed his
head to the floor.  "He sometimes took sarcasm
a bit too far," said Doug Piranha.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

'Mike's got to get his legs under him.'

Monday, January 27, 2020

Not Exactly Glossalaia, But Close

Monday, November 04, 2019

Holy Rotavator, Batman!

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Pay in the Alliteration Lab wasn't all that good, 
but it was more amusing than picking a peck of
pickled peppers.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

 "Suck, Brother Trump, blow is
 just a figure of speech."

Friday, August 12, 2016

Like Doug Piranha, Trump used sarcasm. 
He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, 
metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes.
and satire.