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interface metaphor

A design metaphor for the form of an object (experience).

A skeumorph.
An interface metaphor heralds the start of intersubjective collapse (annihilism).
by sandraxine August 2, 2018
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Is that a metaphor?

Similar to "That's what she said". Used with a more formal phrase nothing actually dirty.
"I want to go to the drive-in theater."
"Is that a metaphor?"
by Taylor J. A. May 12, 2008
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ranch metaphor

when youtuber daniel howell from dan and phil compared himself and other youtuber amazingphil to ranch during their second "massive pizza mukbang". he said that they were put on earth for the sole purpose of finding each other, just as the ingredients of ranch were put on earth for the sole purpose of creating ranch.
We were meant to find each other and create something beautiful, just like the ingredients of ranch.

We're totally a ranch metaphor.
by jayjaylolllll July 19, 2025
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Pi as Metaphor

When we apply the properties of π to life—its irrational and unpredictable character, and its intimate yet shallow connections with other constants—we see parallels to how humans conduct themselves toward others, publicly and privately.
Like water applied metaphorically to life, pi as metaphor exposes the constant’s follies and peculiarities vis-à-vis other numbers—keeping her perpetually relevant to mathematicians and educators.
by Numerati January 24, 2026
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metaphorgasm

What happens when someone overreacts, gushingly, to an overanalytical comment about literature.
The English teacher had a metaphorgasm when the student compared the clouds in the poem to femininity and the sun in the poem to masculinity.
by NYandwhat February 8, 2005
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Metaphoophoo

(met'a foo foo) n.pl. 1. misconceived or misinformed opinions regarding ontology or cosmology, especially popular anthropologic interpretations of Quantum Mechanics or String Theory. 2. The film What the Bleep Do we Know is an example of Metaphoophoo.
He was talking all this metaphoophoo about how he would finally get his life in order, if he could only master living in more than one parallel reality.
by Tony Hale January 10, 2009
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metawhore

Somebody that uses excessive metaphors in their speech/work.
A: Inifite strands of glimmering ebony silk dances around the ...
B: Shut up you metawhore, it's called HAIR.
by accidental October 20, 2005
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