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'Bringing home the bacon' and other phrases PETA wants banned
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 4, 2018 | By Mike Moffitt

Posted on 12/04/2018 11:31:54 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Common idiomatic expressions like "bringing home the bacon" may eventually fall out of usage as more people embrace vegetarianism and veganism, a university researcher says.

Dr. Shareena Hamzah of Swansea University says meat- and animal-themed phrases will slowly be abandoned as awareness of animal cruelty and the negative effects of raising animals for meat production - on both the climate and the human body - grows.

People will become less likely to use meat/animal metaphors in order not to offend sensitive vegan ears, Hamzah says.

PETA, of course, is all for speeding up the process when it comes to rewriting idioms that reference meat or animal cruelty. The animal rights activist group is already promoting revisions, such has replacing "flog a dead horse" with "feed a fed horse."

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Dr. Shareena Hamzah of Swansea University:


1 posted on 12/04/2018 11:31:54 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m amenable to “Bring home the sliced pork bellies.”


2 posted on 12/04/2018 11:34:29 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Bite me”. Oh wait. That offends vegans but not fagola.


3 posted on 12/04/2018 11:34:32 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Really?! And you wonder why George Orwell wrote the famous essay Politics and the English Language.
4 posted on 12/04/2018 11:35:43 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sorry, but “Bringing home the tofu” or “Bringing home to quinoa” just doesn’t have the same oomph to it.


5 posted on 12/04/2018 11:36:04 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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Let's invite her over for a big ol' pig out?


6 posted on 12/04/2018 11:39:28 AM PST by Sa-teef
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How does she feel about being called “horseface”?


7 posted on 12/04/2018 11:40:49 AM PST by LostPassword
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To: IYAS9YAS

how about “stuffing oats down a dead vegan”?


8 posted on 12/04/2018 11:44:53 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I guess PETA wouldn't be interested in the "Ignorant Burger" from Stoopid Burger.

Ignorant Burger

Includes stoopid sauce & fries. 3 Beef Patties, Steak, Bacon, Hot Link, Ham, Stoopid Chutney, Cheddar, Blue Cheese, Egg, Mushrooms, Grilled Onions, Jalapenos With Fries


9 posted on 12/04/2018 11:47:26 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: Sa-teef
Malaysian or Iranian (not sure which) and got her PhD this year from the UK school:

I gained my PhD in English Literature at Swansea University in 2018 with a study of the contemporary fiction of Jeanette Winterson. In this research, I created a fresh critical discourse about her work by providing a new conceptual model I term ‘alternative fetishism’. This combines the negative and positive associations of fetishism and substitution to analyse the distinctive ways in which Winterson’s obsession with the English language drives her diverse narratives."

How that qualifies her to tell us how to speak our native language is....mysterious.

One more dingbat looking for her 15 minutes of fame.

10 posted on 12/04/2018 11:49:41 AM PST by Sa-teef
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To: Oldeconomybuyer


such has replacing "flog a dead horse" with "feed a fed horse."

If you feed a full horse, he will founder and die.(Urban people are stupid about animals)

Then, you can beat a dead horse.

Old sayings are old sayings because they are true.

Eat me, PETA
11 posted on 12/04/2018 11:50:15 AM PST by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, OK then, how about “Driving home the kielbasa?” Would that be more acceptable?


12 posted on 12/04/2018 11:55:14 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Leftists slowly boiling the First Amendment frog.


13 posted on 12/04/2018 11:57:33 AM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: RedMonqey
Eat me, PETA

Speaking of which, does that mean Animal House has to be edited?


14 posted on 12/04/2018 11:59:05 AM PST by DoodleBob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sure looks like she could be related to Valerie Jarrett. Is she a muzzie too?


15 posted on 12/04/2018 11:59:13 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
animal-themed phrases will slowly be abandoned


16 posted on 12/04/2018 12:02:54 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about “I gotta take a PETA!”


17 posted on 12/04/2018 12:04:08 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Brilliant

I’m glad I saw this, I was out of bacon for breakfast this morning.


18 posted on 12/04/2018 12:13:46 PM PST by allwrong57
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No doubt a long lineage of English blood


19 posted on 12/04/2018 12:16:41 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bottle blonde....likely RoP


20 posted on 12/04/2018 12:25:02 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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