Strange Similes

by Brian on October 12, 2003

The third line of the latest Powderfinger album is:

You’re swollen like a lexicon.

If that’s the best they can come up with it seems to imply not swollen at all.

By the way, the album isn’t particularly good. If you were going to buy it because you’re still hoping they can recapture the quality of their early work, save your dollars and be spared some disappointment.

{ 5 comments }

1

enthymeme 10.12.03 at 11:11 pm

Sir, the plural of ‘simile’ is ‘similes’.

Smilies :)

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Brian Weatherson 10.13.03 at 12:04 am

Oops! My bad. Corrected now.

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Frank Wilhoit 10.13.03 at 2:59 am

The Random House Unabridged could, I think, be described as swollen (among many other adjectives). The OED is merely overstuffed. The American Heritage certainly has a swelled head, but that is probably not what they are getting at. For ten points extra credit, which lexicon (if any) merits the epithet “tumescent”?

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andrew 10.13.03 at 11:45 am

Youthful braggadocio. I’m sure all of our lexicons displayed impressive turgidity when we were that age.

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daniel-mark 10.13.03 at 10:14 pm

For ten points extra credit, which lexicon (if any) merits the epithet “tumescent”?

I would propose any “College” dictionary of “American” “English”. Such a lovely word, tumescent.

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