The starchy plantain is often described as a “cooking banana.” If it were me, I’d be a little offended by that. I’d want to be defined in my own right, not merely in reference to my more media-friendly cousin.
Let’s redress the balance. Let’s flip the script. Let’s describe bananas with reference to other things, for a change:
Nature’s boomerang
Fun gun
Monkey’s best bud
Strange potato
Bart Simpson’s arm
Loaf of emojis
Fruit cocoon
Shoe of the beach-elf
Moon egg
Cheese torpedo
We did it!
Here’s a New Yorker cartoon from 2018:
(Signed prints available here)