Wiktionary talk:Votes/2022-05/creeper validation

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I think quotes using "like a creeper" to refer to things that explode (and here's a durably archived one, FWIW: [1]) don't necessarily justify a separate subsense. The parent sense already mentions exploding. Do people actually call exploding things, other than Minecraft creepers, "creepers", or merely compare the explosions to those of the enemies? 70.172.194.25 05:38, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm in favour of a single figurative definition, per the precedent of Jabba the Hutt, Jigglypuff, etc. That a lot of quotes feature "like a creeper" is an artefact of my attempt to tailor my searches to narrow the results and increase the chance of finding relevant uses. The signal-to-noise ratio was rather high given the predominance of the "creepy/stalkerish person" and "clinging plant" senses. WordyAndNerdy (talk) 05:51, 3 June 2022 (UTC)