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Sep. 19th, 2010 10:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Sunday morning's pre-coffee, thought for the day.
Is there any common food animal that doesn't have negative connitations, or whose name isn't an insult?
Bovine intelligence, "You're chicken!", sheepish, sheeple*, old goat, scapegoat, piggish, "That movie's a turkey".
Only horses and (some) preditors get good PR in the animal kingdom.
* Admittedly, this portmanteau for the bulk of humanity seems to have a secondary meaning, based on the demographic that likes to use it. ie
"Hello. The writer of this comment or posting is right-wing, conspiracy theorist dingbat. You may now safely diregard everything further in the piece he (inevitably a he) has written. Thank-you."
Is there any common food animal that doesn't have negative connitations, or whose name isn't an insult?
Bovine intelligence, "You're chicken!", sheepish, sheeple*, old goat, scapegoat, piggish, "That movie's a turkey".
Only horses and (some) preditors get good PR in the animal kingdom.
* Admittedly, this portmanteau for the bulk of humanity seems to have a secondary meaning, based on the demographic that likes to use it. ie
"Hello. The writer of this comment or posting is right-wing, conspiracy theorist dingbat. You may now safely diregard everything further in the piece he (inevitably a he) has written. Thank-you."