catachresis

noun

Definition of catachresisnext
as in simile

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  1. simile
  2. euphemism
  3. analogy
  4. circumlocution
  5. mixed metaphor
  6. code word
  7. metaphor
Noun
  • Later, when asked about his evolution as a coach, Harbaugh described himself as open to change and used a mall-entrance simile to make his point.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • As the simile suggests, the pen could be used as a weapon, producing militant verses that would advance the nationalist cause.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Definition of simile
Noun
  • The media has deployed every euphemism imaginable to describe the former president’s public usage of bad words like ****, **** and ****.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • But the rest has been, in the British political euphemism of the moment, missteps.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of euphemism
Noun
  • So there's no doubt that there is sort of an arms race or a Cold War, like, pick your analogy.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But the analogy to the entertainment industry breaks apart on the matter of what the fans are paying for.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of analogy
Noun
  • Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • By condensing Balzac’s opus to a few paragraphs, Barthelme was having a laugh not just at his predecessor’s genteel circumlocution—his tendency to describe buildings and manufacturing procedures and family trees in lavish detail—but also at the conventions of novelistic mimesis itself.
    Giles Harvey, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020
Definition of circumlocution
Noun
  • Yeah, that's probably a mixed metaphor, or actually a simile.
    Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2011
  • Fair warning: What follows is a mixed metaphor palooza.
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2013
Definition of mixed metaphor
Noun
  • As Jamie divulges the details of the enterprise, including the special code words staff must use in the presence of The Butcher, Cooper gets increasingly nervous.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Kingsley suggests having a code word with your friends and family to verify their identity.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
Definition of code word
Noun
  • Every generation of kids deserves a live-action series in which awkward magical powers become the obvious metaphor for puberty, and, thankfully, Waverly Place is once again stepping in to fill that void.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • This concept can be beautifully illustrated by thinking of a jazz combo as a metaphor for work-life harmony.
    Brian Bartes, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of metaphor
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