Awkward rant

Feb 12, 2008 21:52

There is a rhetoric figure of speech that some writers use, namely the pars pro toto, that often kicks me straight out of a smutty happy place.

Pars pro toto is Latin for "(taking) a part for the whole"; it is a kind of synecdoche.
:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_pro_toto
:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche

Sometimes studying linguistics, inter alia, can be a pain. Denial can be blissful, indeed.

Let's take a look at an example:
If he moved now, as he wanted to, to take Spock in his mouth, would the man come awake and protest? Or would he simply endure it, explaining later that he was no longer in need of such attentions? Would it be seven years before Spock needed him again?

Right. In Spock's case I'd wait more then just seven years. Being held captive inside Kirk's mouth can't be pleasant for a fully grown man, clothed and all. Ergo, Kirk is weird.

A simple four lettered word would have let me, the reader, and Spock enjoy that a LOT more. Really. Dick. Cock. Use them. They don't bite.

Additionally, being swallowed whole, chewed up gently but vigorously at the head, and sucked down completely or just plain eaten, is not fun. In any non-cannibalistic, consentual meaning.

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