http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/06/find-your-fishy-metaphor/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/06/find-your-fishy-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-4608 Carey Winfrey Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:04:55 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=6885#comment-4608 "constitute a slur" “constitute a slur”

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/06/find-your-fishy-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-4607 Carey Winfrey Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:04:15 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=6885#comment-4607 guppies are a very common and inexpensive tropical fish. Metaphorically, a dullard might be called a guppy or might be said to think like a guppy (an unoriginal thinker). Guppies are also easy to breed, so the suggestion that someone breeds like a guppy would constitute a slu--unacceptable in polite society. guppies are a very common and inexpensive tropical fish. Metaphorically, a dullard might be called a guppy or might be said to think like a guppy (an unoriginal thinker). Guppies are also easy to breed, so the suggestion that someone breeds like a guppy would constitute a slu–unacceptable in polite society.

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