Chapter 6 Clothing Metaphors Some clothing terms are

Chapter 6 Clothing Metaphors • Some clothing terms are ironic: – Crowning someone could be part of a coronation – Or you could crown someone by hitting them on the head. • Many clothing terms are actions: – Spinning or weaving yarns, Zip mail, Velcroid, Tanning • Clothing analogies: – Corset, bracelet, anklet, helmet – Muff, cuff, ruff – Shirt, skirt (Nilsen & Nilsen 129) 21 1

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Interesting Etymologies • • • Foothills, outskirts and skirting an issue are marginal. “Girdle” relates to the “girth” of a horse. Having something up your sleeve “Hood” of a car is British “Bonnet” “Jackets” relates to “jacks” and “le jacquerie. ” – Book jacket, record jacket, Jack of all trades • “Pants” comes from the “pantaloons” of Commedia dell’arte (16 th C) • Sabotage (wooden shoes are “sabots”) • “Trunk” of a car is British “boot” • Wearing the pants in the family is sexist. (Nilsen & Nilsen 130 -133) 21 3

Amedia Bedelia Literalizations • Cape of Good Hope • Coat of arms • Drawing the drapes • Hood of a car • Outskirts of the city • Ragtime music • paint (Nilsen & Nilsen 132) 21 4

Body Coverings Vest | Dress | Shirt | Unmentionables Bulletproof vest Investiture Investment Vested interests Vestry Dresser Dressing Window dressing Give someone the shirt of your back Keep your shirt on Lose one’s shirt Shirttail relatives Shirtsleeve atmosphere 21 Captain Underpants Car bra Jock Skirt (Nilsen & Nilsen 132 -134) 5

Head Coverings Cap | Crown / Corona | Veil Capital Capstone experience Jar cap ----Hoodwinked Throw your hat into the ring Crown (money) Crown caps (on bottles) Crown Prince Tooth crown ----Corollary argument Corona Borealis (Northern Crown) 21 Corona cigars Corona del Sol Coronary arteries Coronation Coroner (represents the Crown) Coronet braids Bridal Veil Falls Veiled threat Veiling true feelings Velic (Nilsen & Nilsen 134 -136) 6

Crown: Germanic Corona: Latin 21 7

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Foot Coverings Boot | Shoe | Sock | Spur Being booted out Bet your boots Boot camp Boothill Bootlicker Dying with your boots on Brake shoes Horseshoe If the shoe fits… Shoe horn Shoe tree Shoe string Shoestring potatoes Shoestring tackle 21 Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Christmas stocking Socking someone Stocking cap Wind sock ----Lawn hose Larkspur Railroad spur Rooster spur Spur gear Spur of the moment Spur ridge Spurring someone on Spurning someone (Nilsen & Nilsen 137 -139) 10

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Accessories Button | Cuff | Apron Belly button Buttonholing someone Campaign button Hotbutton issue Pushing someone’s buttons Cuffing someone Handcuffs Speaking off the cuff To handcuff someone Tied to mother’s apron strings Runway apron (in front of airport terminal) Stage apron (Nilsen & Nilsen 140 -143) 21 12

More Accessories Muff | Glove | Lace Earmuffs Muffler Muff a ball Muff a line Muff an introduction Foxglove plant Glove compartment Treat someone with kid gloves Working hand in glove 21 Iron lacework Lace a drink (liquor or poison) Lacerated Lacewing flies Necklace Shoelaces 13

Still More Accessories Belt | Collar Belt down a drink Belt out a song Belt someone Beltline Beltway Bible Belt Corn Belt Fan belt Hitting below the belt Rust Belt (industrial states) Sun Belt 21 Blue-collar job Leather necks (Marines) Minister’s dog collar Pink-collar job Police: To collar someone White. Collar crime (Nilsen & Nilsen 142 -143) 14

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Words from Clothing Makers Fuller Going for a spin Homespun humor Looming up Snyder, Schneider Shuttle (bus, cock) Shuttle diplomacy Spindle Shanks Spider’s spineret Spin City Spin doctor Spin-off company Spinster Tailspin Taylor Tucker Weaver Webb Webster (Nilsen & Nilsen 145 -152) 21 16

Curlylocks: A Nursery Rhyme • Curlylocks, Wilt thou be mine? • Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine, • But sit on a cushion, And sew a fine seam, • And feed upon stawberries, sugar, and cream. 21 17

Fabric Metaphors Cotton | Silk | Wool Cotton candy Cottinpickin’ job Cottonmo uth Moccassin Peter Cottontail Silk Route Silk-tongued orator Silky Terrier Silkstocking event Silk stockings Dyed in the wool attitudes Woolgatheri ng Woolly aphids Woolly bear Woolly mamoth (Nilsen & Nilsen 147 -149) 21 18

More Fabric Metaphors String | Thread String bean X 2 String someone along Stringent detergent Stringent rules Stringer (long timber) Stringers (reporters) Stringing words together Stringy hair 21 Thread (on a bolt) Thread of a story Threadbare existence Threading your way through a crowd Threads (clothes) (Nilsen & Nilsen 147 -149) 19

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!Identifications & Etymologies • Arachne and Athena • Penelope and Ulysses • ------- • Chintzy Chintz (cloth w/shiny surface) • Corduroy (cords of the king) • Ends: at loose ends, making ends meet • Subtle sub + tela (cloth) • Text, texture L Texere (to weave) (Nilsen & Nilsen 150 -151) 21 21

!Sewing Metaphors • • • Amending the constitution Biased Binding legislation Border crossings Bordering on embarassment Canvassing a neighborhood • • • Fabric of someone’s life Fabrication (lie) Fringe benefits Fringe group On the fringes Tearing or ripping into an opponent (Nilsen & Nilsen 152 -153) 21 22

!!More Sewing Metaphors • • • All tied up Denouement Hemming and Hawing Needling someone On pins and needles Patch someone through (telephone) Patterns of behavior Pin money Seamy side of life Tailoring a class (Nilsen & Nilsen 154 -155) • and • You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 21 23

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Reference Nilsen, Alleen Pace, and Don L. F. Nilsen. Vocabulary Plus High School and Up: A Source Based Approach. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2004. www. ablongman. com/nilsen 21 26