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The donkey is a common symbol of the Democratic Party of the United States, originating in the 1830s and became popularised from a cartoon by Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly in 1870. [25] The bray of the donkey may be used as a simile for loud and foolish speech in political mockery. [26] [27] For example, [28]
Benjamin is a donkey in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm. [1] He is also the oldest of all the animals (he is alive in the last scene of the novel). He is less straightforward than most characters in the novel, and a number of interpretations have been put forward to which social class he represents as regards to the Russian Revolution ...
The phrase as it appears in the introduction to Zero Wing "All your base are belong to us" is an Internet meme based on a poorly translated phrase from the opening cutscene of the Japanese video game Zero Wing.
The cartoon titled "The Third Term Panic" shows a donkey wearing lion's skin scaring away other animals. One of the animals was an elephant with "the republican vote" written on it. This is where ...
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
At a recent event in Dubai, the star explained the meaning of the movie’s title: “Dunki is an illegal trip a lot of people take to get out of their country across borders all over the world ...
In episode 7 of the 10th season of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon and Amy discuss the history of Buridan's ass (renamed donkey), and its application to their lives. Amy resolves the paradox (of Sheldon desiring to live in different apartments) by creating a more desirable option by engaging Sheldon in a discussion of the theory and its history.
Onolatry is the supposed worship of the donkey. In Imperial Rome , the charge of onolatry was used to taunt the Jews and Jewish Christians. [ 1 ] The association of Jews with donkeys was a common feature of Hellenic as well as Latin ethnographic and historical writings, and included accusations of worshipping a golden donkey head and even ...