Ape Leader
Term: Ape Leader
Method: Contestation
The term “Ape Leader” as defined in The Vulgar Tongue (1785) meant, “An old maid: their punishment after death, for neglecting to increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell.”
Happily definitions did not end in 1785. In 1789, “Matron” published a rebuttal in The American Museum:
Lead Apes in Hell! There’s no such thing,
Those races are made to fool us;
Though there we had better hold a string,
Then here let monkeys rule us.
Redefinition in combination with humor, I think you'll agree, is most effective.
Method: Contestation
The term “Ape Leader” as defined in The Vulgar Tongue (1785) meant, “An old maid: their punishment after death, for neglecting to increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell.”
Happily definitions did not end in 1785. In 1789, “Matron” published a rebuttal in The American Museum:
Lead Apes in Hell! There’s no such thing,
Those races are made to fool us;
Though there we had better hold a string,
Then here let monkeys rule us.
Redefinition in combination with humor, I think you'll agree, is most effective.
posted by Definer at 5:30 PM
3 Comments:
ha! thanks, definer, says ye olde spinster.
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