Seriously? THIS is the best title we've come up with?!?: I Eat Metaphor For Breakfast

I Eat Cereal For Breakfast isn't bad, or how about I Eat Breakfast For Breakfast?

That falls into and could be confused for Department of Redundancy Department. I Eat X For Breakfast or I Eat That For Breakfast could work.

edited 22nd Mar '11 11:57:04 AM by Fighteer

As an entirely irrelevant aside, is anyone else surprised that apparently no-one's ever done some variation of "You're toast!" "Hah! I eat toast for breakfast!"

That is not what the trope is.

What? That's exactly what the trope is. Using the "I eat X for breakfast" cliche to indicate that you're not intimidated or concerned.

No, the post I was replying to was not using it that way.

I Eat That For Breakfast sounds like the best name I've heard so far.

A few random ideas just came to my mind, like I Eat Mad Libs For Breakfast.

Or for that matter, even I Eat Metaphors For Breakfast (plural) would work better.

edited 23rd Mar '11 8:59:32 AM by Stratadrake

I Eat Exaggeration For Breakfast

^^No it wouldn't because whatever goes in place of the word "Metaphors" still isn't an actual metaphor for anything.

I Eat That For Breakfast and I Eat Noun For Breakfast are my two favorites so far.

edited 23rd Mar '11 9:40:39 AM by SeanMurrayI

-Necro Bump-

While I think we could have a bit more fun with it, I Eat That For Breakfast is the most Boring, but Practical option so far, so I guess that gets my vote. Can we get a crowner?

edited 6th Jun '11 10:55:35 AM by johnnye

Single-prop crowner

What is wrong with using Metaphor, that using something dull like "that" would fix, again?

You aren't eating a metaphor, you're making a metaphor. It's the eating that's metaphorical, not the thing you're eating.

See [1] and [2] for some arguments.

edited 6th Jun '11 11:04:08 AM by troacctid

Looks pretty clearcut that it's hurting to me and I'd say the name is probably the issue. For once, a rename discussion that's actually here for the reasons we rename. :P

I want to say that I laughed pretty hard at I Eat Exaggeration For Breakfast. I like that one.

edited 6th Jun '11 11:11:59 AM by savage

I Eat Meta For Breakfast?

Sorry, no good ideas here. *headdesk*

edited 6th Jun '11 5:54:01 PM by Stratadrake

Given the support for a rename in the single proposition crowner (around 73%), I made an alternative titles crowner here. Feel free to edit it, add options, and point out any errors I may have made in making it.

I Eat This Trope For Breakfast?

It's been noted that using "trope" as a placeholder is now considered bad form.

Can I just ask then, why "X" is considered acceptable but "Trope" is not? They both seem equally obtuse to me.

Because Trope is actually a meaningful word, that is also used meaningfully. For example Inverted Trope doesn't mean Inverted X, and Meta Trope doesn't mean Meta X.

I Eat Tropes For Breakfast would literally mean that "This morning, I ate the Big Bad page. Tomorrow, I will eat Cool Car"

None of the proposed titles work at all. The article is about using a phrase snowclone-style. Name the trope, don't parrot the dialog.

Snowclone Phrase might work.

That's too general, stock phrases always have some part of the phrase in their title, even when the exact quote is never used, like Chew Bubblegum.