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Elephant in the room

Index Elephant in the room

Elephant in the room is an English-language metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss. [1]

72 relations: Agile software development, Ain't Sayin' Nothin', Alan Clarke, Alexandra Burke, Apophasis, Banksy, Barely Legal (Banksy), Beg for It (song), Billy Rose's Jumbo, Black swan theory, Bloggingheads.tv, Borf, Commander in Chief (TV series), Cool & Dre, Cool & Dre production discography, Cousin marriage, Cranes in the Sky, Cultural depictions of elephants, Danja production discography, Death Magnetic, Diane Vaughan, DJ Khaled discography, Dysfunctional family, Elephant, Elephant (1989 film), Elephant (2003 film), Elephant (Alexandra Burke song), Elephant in the room (disambiguation), Elephant joke, Elephante, Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar, Fat Joe discography, Hello, I Must Be Going (Casualty), HIV/AIDS in Brazil, Interpersonal psychoanalysis, J. Holiday discography, John A. Degnan, Kiriwina, KRS-One discography, List of 2008 albums, List of English-language metaphors, List of Gokinjo Monogatari episodes, List of Shark Tank episodes, List of The Qwaser of Stigmata episodes, Mickey Kaus, Mutual knowledge (logic), Nigger in the woodpile, Norm Green, Ostrich effect, Plies (rapper), ..., Plies discography, Polite fiction, Porn Sunday, R v Comeau, Scott Storch production discography, Sean C, Shopper marketing, Skeleton in the closet (idiom), Staying Italian, Swizz Beatz discography, Swizz Beatz production discography, The Alchemist production discography, The Elephant in the Room (book), The Emperor's New Clothes, Top Gear (series 22), Tracy-Ann Oberman, Unsaid, Wayne Morse, William Donald Schaefer, 2008 in hip hop music, 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, 800-pound gorilla. Expand index (22 more) »

Agile software development

Agile software development describes an approach to software development under which requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customer(s)/end user(s).

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Ain't Sayin' Nothin'

"Ain't Sayin' Nothin'" is the second single from Fat Joe's album The Elephant in the Room.

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Alan Clarke

Alan Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer.

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Alexandra Burke

Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is an English singer, songwriter and actress.

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Apophasis

Apophasis (Greek: ἀπόφασις from ἀπόφημι apophemi, "to say no") is a rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up.

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Banksy

Banksy is an anonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director.

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Barely Legal (Banksy)

"'Barely Legal" was a show by graffiti artist Banksy, held in an industrial warehouse in Los Angeles, California in 2006.

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Beg for It (song)

"Beg for It" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, featuring Danish singer MØ.

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Billy Rose's Jumbo

Billy Rose's Jumbo is a 1962 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye.

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Black swan theory

The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.

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Bloggingheads.tv

Bloggingheads.tv (sometimes abbreviated "bhtv") is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers.

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Borf

Borf was a graffiti campaign seen in and around Washington, D.C. during 2004 and 2005, carried out by John Tsombikos while studying at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

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Commander in Chief (TV series)

Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen (portrayed by Geena Davis), the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the post from the Vice Presidency after the death of the sitting President from a sudden cerebral aneurysm.

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Cool & Dre

Cool & Dre are a 2x Grammy Award winning team of American record producers and songwriters from North Miami, Florida, consisting of Marcello "Cool" Antonio Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Christopher Lyon.

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Cool & Dre production discography

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Cousin marriage

Cousin marriage is marriage between cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors).

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Cranes in the Sky

"Cranes in the Sky" is a song by American singer and songwriter Solange.

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Cultural depictions of elephants

Elephants have been depicted in mythology, symbolism and popular culture.

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Danja production discography

The following is a production discography of.

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Death Magnetic

Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008 through Warner Bros. Records.

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Diane Vaughan

Diane Vaughan is an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University.

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DJ Khaled discography

American musician DJ Khaled has released ten studio albums, twenty-six singles and nine featured singles.

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Dysfunctional family

A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions.

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Elephant

Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.

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Elephant (1989 film)

Elephant is a 1989 British short film directed by Alan Clarke and produced by Danny Boyle.

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Elephant (2003 film)

Elephant is a 2003 drama film edited, written and directed by Gus Van Sant.

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Elephant (Alexandra Burke song)

"Elephant" is a song by British singer Alexandra Burke from her second studio album Heartbreak on Hold (2012).

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Elephant in the room (disambiguation)

"Elephant in the room" is an idiom referring to an obvious truth that is ignored.

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Elephant joke

An elephant joke is a joke, almost always an absurd riddle or conundrum and often a sequence of such, that involves an elephant.

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Elephante

Tim Wu (born November 10, 1989), better known by his stage name Elephante, is an American DJ and progressive house producer based in Los Angeles.

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Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar

Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar is the second studio album by the Philadelphia hip-hop group, Spank Rock.

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Fat Joe discography

The discography of American rapper Fat Joe consists of ten studio albums and twenty-two singles, as well as other artists' singles in which Fat Joe did a guest performance.

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Hello, I Must Be Going (Casualty)

Hello, I Must Be Going is the thirty-fourth episode of the thirtieth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty, and the 995th episode of the overall series.

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HIV/AIDS in Brazil

The first AIDS case identified in Brazil was in 1982.

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Interpersonal psychoanalysis

Interpersonal psychoanalysis is based on the theories of American psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan (1892–1949).

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J. Holiday discography

The discography of J. Holiday, an American singer, consists of three studio albums, four mixtapes, five singles (including one as a featured performer) and five music videos.

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John A. Degnan

John A. Degnan (born 1960) is an American politician and the former Mayor of Brewster, New York, a position which he held from 2005 to 2007.

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Kiriwina

Kiriwina is the largest of the Trobriand Islands, with an area of 290.5 km².

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KRS-One discography

This is the discography of hip hop musician KRS-One.

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List of 2008 albums

The following is a list of albums that were released during 2008.

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List of English-language metaphors

A list of metaphors in the English language organised by type.

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List of Gokinjo Monogatari episodes

Gokinjo Monogatari is a 1995 Japanese anime television series based on Ai Yazawa's manga of the same name.

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List of Shark Tank episodes

Shark Tank is an American reality television series produced by Mark Burnett.

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List of The Qwaser of Stigmata episodes

The Qwaser of Stigmata is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same name written by Hiroyuki Yoshino and illustrated by Kenetsu Satō.

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Mickey Kaus

Robert Michael "Mickey" Kaus (born July 6, 1951) is an American journalist, pundit, and author, known for writing Kausfiles, a "mostly political" blog which was featured on Slate until 2010.

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Mutual knowledge (logic)

Mutual knowledge is a fundamental concept about information in game theory, (epistemic) logic, and epistemology.

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Nigger in the woodpile

A nigger in the woodpile or fence is a figure of speech originating in the United States meaning "some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed—something suspicious or wrong".

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Norm Green

Norm Green (born November 3, 1956 as Norman Green) is an American director and executive producer.

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Ostrich effect

In behavioral finance, the ostrich effect is the attempt made by investors to avoid negative financial information.

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Plies (rapper)

Algernod Lanier Washington (born July 1, 1976), better known by his stage name Plies, is an American hip hop recording artist.

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Plies discography

This is the discography of American rapper Plies.

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Polite fiction

A polite fiction is a social scenario in which all participants are aware of a truth, but pretend to believe in some alternative version of events to avoid conflict or embarrassment.

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Porn Sunday

Porn Sunday is an event organized by several hundred churches in the United States and around the world to feature the issues of pornography and sexual addiction.

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R v Comeau

(referred to by some commentators as the Free the beer case) is a leading and controversial case of the Supreme Court of Canada concerning the scope of free trade between the provinces of Canada under s. 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867.

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Scott Storch production discography

The following list is a discography of production by Scott Storch, a music producer.

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Sean C

Deleno Matthews, better known as his stage name Sean C is an American producer, DJ and "artists and repertoire" (A&R) specialist.

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Shopper marketing

Shopper marketing is "understanding how one's target consumers behave as shoppers, in different channels and formats, and leveraging this intelligence to the benefit of all stakeholders, defined as brands, consumers, retailers and shoppers." According to Chris Hoyt, "Shopper marketing brand marketing in retail environment." Since it includes category management, displays, sales, packaging, promotion, research and marketing "Shopper marketing is the elephant in the room that nobody sees the same way." Shopper marketing is not limited to in-store marketing activities, a common and highly inaccurate assumption that impairs the spread of any industry definition.

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Skeleton in the closet (idiom)

Skeleton in the closet or skeleton in the cupboard is a colloquial phrase and idiom used to describe an undisclosed fact about someone which, if revealed, would damage perceptions of the person; It evokes the idea of someone having had a (presumedly human) corpse concealed in their home so long that it had decomposed but for its bones.

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Staying Italian

Staying Italian: Urban Change and Ethnic Life in Postwar Toronto and Philadelphia is a 2009 book by Jordan Stanger-Ross published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Swizz Beatz discography

The discography of Swizz Beatz, an American hip hop record producer and recording artist, consists of one studio album, one compilation album, one mixtape, thirty-nine singles (including thirty-one as a featured artist), three promotional singles and thirty-three music videos.

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Swizz Beatz production discography

The following list is a discography of production by Swizz Beatz, an American hip hop record producer and recording artist from The Bronx, New York.

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The Alchemist production discography

This is a list of all of the songs that The Alchemist has produced.

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The Elephant in the Room (book)

The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) is a book by libertarian political columnist Ryan Sager.

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The Emperor's New Clothes

"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Kejserens nye klæder) is a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that they say is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent – while in reality, they make no clothes at all, making everyone believe the clothes are invisible to them.

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Top Gear (series 22)

The twenty-second series of Top Gear aired during 2015 on BBC Two and BBC Two HD and consisted of 8 episodes, beginning on 25 January before abruptly ending on 8 March, and not fully concluding until 28 June.

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Tracy-Ann Oberman

Tracy-Ann Oberman (born Tracy Anne Oberman; 25 August 1966) is an English television, theatre and radio actress.

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Unsaid

The term "unsaid" refers what is not explicitly stated, what is hidden and/or implied in the speech of an individual or a group of people.

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Wayne Morse

Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon, known for his proclivity for opposing his party's leadership, and specifically for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds.

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William Donald Schaefer

William Donald Schaefer (November 2, 1921April 18, 2011) was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. A Democrat, he was the 44th mayor of Baltimore from December 1971 to January 1987, the 58th Governor of Maryland from January 21, 1987 to January 18, 1995, and the 32nd Comptroller of Maryland from January 20, 1999 to January 17, 2007. On September 12, 2006, Schaefer was defeated in his reelection bid for a third term as Comptroller by Maryland Delegate Peter Franchot in the Democratic Party primary.

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2008 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2008.

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2008 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 7, 2008, live from Paramount Pictures Studios (which, like MTV, is owned by Viacom), honoring the best music videos from the previous year.

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800-pound gorilla

"800-pound gorilla" is an American English expression for a person or organization so powerful that it can act without regard to the rights of others or the law.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_room

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