Clichés obliquely tell us more than they mean to. Consider the - TopicsExpress



          

Clichés obliquely tell us more than they mean to. Consider the term of affection doll. It was an endearment for a female, animal or human, at least as far back as the 1500s; the word took on the connotation of slattern in the late 1600s; it became a word for a kind of toy around 1700. Then it returned as a darling, having passed from human to nonhuman and then back again. Nowadays, doll feels a bit Bogart, but you can still buy one at the store. nytimes/2015/01/11/books/review/why-do-we-hate-clich.html
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:10:01 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015