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noun • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | ||||||||
| 38% | 5 | "All ___ is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry": G. K. Chesterton | ||||||
noun • informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar • a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) verb • use slang or vulgar language • fool or hoax • abuse with coarse language | ||||||||
| 26% | 8 | Extended metaphor | ||||||
noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • a visible symbol representing an abstract idea • an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | ||||||||
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TROPE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TROPE
Updated: October 11, 2023
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1 | "All ___ is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry": G. K. Chesterton
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2 | Film monster originally intended as a metaphor for nuclear weapons
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3 | Guiding stars, to use a metaphor
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01 Mar 2002 | New York Times / 01 Mar 2002 |
4 | Idea contained in the metaphor
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6 | Often used as a metaphor for something pure and beautiful | |
7 | Relating to extended metaphor |
