I’m trying to find some well known examples of anthropomorphisms. At least I think that is the term I am looking for. I want to do a series of black and white woodblock prints of these just as a fun personal project.
A couple examples I thought of would be Loan Shark, Cat Burglar, or maybe Work Horse(not sure if that one really works) if that helps to understand the line of thinking I’m on. I trying to think of occupation oriented ideas, but any ideas are good ideas because they may lead to something else!
I guess the only strict example of this linguistic type (since I am apparently stupid for offering other cognates), that I can think of is Wolf Pack, as applies to transportation and traffic.
Full Bird Colonel doesn’t exactly fit. It refers to the fact that an O-6 in the US Army, Air Force or Marines, wears an eagle insignia on his collarpoints/shoulderboards, whereas a Lieutenant Colonel (or light colonel) wears a silver oak leaf. But they’re both addressed as “Colonel.”