Mark Twain

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.

American Writer

William S. Burroughs

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

A tapeworm cannot live on its own; it needs a host's body to survive.

Host Required

'Tapeworm' implies something unwelcome and harmful, often used metaphorically to describe exploitative situations.

Negative Connotation

Tapeworms are usually transmitted through undercooked or contaminated food.

Transmission Vector

Taenia Solium is associated with pork; proper cooking is essential to avoid it.

Cook Pork Well

Taenia Solium is the scientific Latin name, signaling a more formal or medical context.

Latin Name

Pork tapeworm is more common in certain regions, hinting at geographic and cultural contexts.

Geographic Prevalence

A tapeworm virus doesn't damage the computer immediately, making it tricky to detect.

Slow-Acting Threat

In computing, 'tapeworm' is jargon, not used elsewhere in technology.

Specialized Terminology

In computing, 'tapeworm' metaphorically links to the biological parasite’s attributes.

Metaphorical Use

 Why? Because the tapeworm, like many other parasites, has a complicated life cycle involving many different hosts. The shrimp are just one step on its journey. Its ultimate destination is this, the greater flamingo.

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 to excessively chew, to not chew at all, to swallow a grapefruit per meal, non-stop cabbage soup, even consumption of arsenic, or tapeworms. If the idea of diet crazes has withstood history,

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 do predate this kind of pairs so you can see they can run very fast look at that so by this time of the year is when the guinea fires are having the tapeworms we

Tapeworm

Host Required

Negative Connotation

Transmission Vector

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