The Pudding Analyzed 200,000 Similes from Popular Fiction

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image via The Pudding Dive into the deep end of similes with Russell Samora’s Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise, featuring design and illustration by Shelly Tan. It’s a fun read that I wish I had stumbled across earlier in the day when my brain was a bit firmer. Nothing exemplifies the specialist better than the cucumber. “As cool as a cucumber” is the paragon specialist. “Cucumber” (or as I learned that it sometimes was referred to as cowcumber) doesn’t even crack the top ten in usage for any other adjective. On the other hand, you have the noun “hell,” which is a top-10 noun for 17 different adjectives.w Read more