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IMO the thymus is one of the coolest organs and we should really use it in metaphors more.
explanation: www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/…/2960:_Organ_Meanings
I don’t think I ever heard a metaphor with appendix.
xkcd #2960: Organ Meanings
Submitted 3 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.world
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ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 months ago
An appendix of a book could be considered a metaphor for the organ
OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Other way around:
www.etymonline.com/word/appendix
Technically, the organ you’re thinking of is the vermiform appendix, which means “worm shaped.”
ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Evolved to obsolescence in humans ?
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Pineal for the win! Often used in metaphor as the “third eye”. :)
PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The FBI was the thymus of the LA Justice system many years ago; it’s time to reactivate it.
Deebster@programming.dev 3 months ago
When I saw how low tongue was, I thought surely not, what about “she gave me a good tongue-lashing”. I then thought about it for a microsecond more and realised the ranking’s probably correct.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hold you tongue!
Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Can you save me a microsecond?
Deebster@programming.dev 3 months ago
A metaphorical tongue-lashing is speaking harshly and critically, but it could easily be misunderstood as referring to cunnilingus.