or a too-literal translation. But the pun was so obvious — ken as slang for “fuck” is common parlance for anyone under 30 in France — many began to suspect the poster’s NSFW message was ...

The student said the posters were a “protest of racially ... when we mix up the cultural meanings of things for the literal meanings. The French philosopher Roland Barthes said “myths ...

Actually, literal meanings are frequently wrong, and often confusing. A recent example is the “naked wife” virus that spread rapidly through cyberspace a few months ago. The Department of ...

The first teaser poster for Game of Thrones Season 7 was released by HBO at SXSW. The image, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, doesn't feature any characters or recognizable settings from the show.

When we’re being figurative, we say “it was a million miles away”, meaning “I walked for hours.” When we’re being literal, a million miles away is somewhere between the moon and Mars.