[DOC] [TLE] Red herring - Wikipedia [PAR] A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important 
issue. It may ... In its literal sense as a strongly cured kipper, the term can be 
dated to the ... once again, a "dried, smoked and salted" herring when "drawn 
across a fox's ... He says if a dead animal is not available, a red herring would do 
as a... [DOC] [TLE] etymology - Where does the phrase "red herring" come from ... [PAR] Jun 17, 2011 ... What does a misleading clue have to do with smoked fish? ... But it's also very 
good to label false etymology as such. ... So far as I can tell, red herring has been 
a standard term since the year dot, when it originally ... If a convict did have 
access to some stinky fish, and managed to escape with some on their... [DOC] [TLE] Red herring | Define Red herring at Dictionary.com [PAR] Red herring definition, a smoked herring. ... intended to divert attention from the 
real problem or matter at hand; a misleading clue. 3. Also called red-herring 
prospectus. ... It makes no sense, it's never been true, it's not true now, and it's a 
red herring. ... The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann 
Kipfer,... [DOC] [TLE] Holy mackerel! 22 food-related phrases & their origins | HellaWella [PAR] Jun 6, 2013 ... One possibility is that it's based on the once common Inuit habit of ... The 
condiment has been similarly used in expressions like as keen as ... Meaning: A 
clue or information that is, or is intended to be, misleading, that ... is no such fish 
as a red herring, which makes its etymology that much more interesting. [DOC] [TLE] Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Conditional construct ... [PAR] Jun 4, 2016 ... Clue for WATER-LOVING is so literal that it's laughable . ..... I would call "green 
paint" if it had been clued as, say, "pageant contestant .... I did have qualms about 
rAD being "Extremely, in modern slang". ... When the smoke cleared, I had a letter 
in each of the 200 white spaces. .... American Red Crosswords... [DOC] [TLE] Red herring - definition of red herring by The Free Dictionary [PAR] [Sense 2, probably from the use of smoked herrings to lay scent trails for hounds 
to follow.] ... If the day's hunt has been uneventful and the huntsman's horse has 
been ... However, the first known use of the term red herring in its modern sense, 
... to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand; a misleading clue. [DOC] [TLE] Times for the Times [PAR] If you've never been before, this is a very friendly function and provides the ... It 
might also be due to the large proportion (60%) of clues where the ... 
ARCHETYPAL  Revolutionary in crosswords is usually either RED or CHE, in 
this case the latter. ..... It's I after NE PAL ('China' is a British slang term for mate or 
pal). [DOC] [TLE] What is herring - Sesli Szlk [PAR] Smoked herring is called buckling. draw a red herring across the path  dikkati ... 
Herring is a piece of this fish eaten as food. see also red herring. herrings herring 
... Baltic herring is smaller than Atlantic herring and its meat is leaner; matjes 
herring ... red herring: A clue that is misleading or that has been falsified, 
intended to... [DOC] [TLE] 36 Unexpected Origins Of Everyday British Phrases - BuzzFeed [PAR] If it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it's probably very .... Now 
taken to mean that a secret or spoiler has been revealed, the phrase ... Meaning 
a false or misleading clue, often in a detective story. ... Sans-electricity, it would 
be preserved by salting and smoking, turning the herring a deep brownish red,... [DOC] [TLE] Talk:Red herring

Question: When this fish is "red", it's been smoked; if "red" in slang, it's a misleading clue
Answer: a herring