COLORFUL TERMS: It's the colorful term used to describe a misleading clue in a murder mystery.

Originally popularized in 1807 by the English polemicist William Cobbett, the term "red herring" alludes to deliberately misleading clues that distract from the truth in murder mystery tales. The saying allegedly came from the strong smell of the fish as a method for deterring hound dogs from chasing rabbits.

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