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
  • What perfectly plausible scenario happens in this movie, and why does its title sound like a euphemism for something very dirty?
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Brown told The Associated Press in October 2021 that the euphemism actually ended up hurting his race team.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of euphemism
Noun
  • This analogy highlights the system's ability to enhance natural movement without overpowering it, making mobility more accessible and appealing to a wider range of users.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Those reaching for a historical analogy to the current zeitgeist should look to the mid-1990s, according to JPMorgan’s Tyler.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 2 Dec. 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
  • The 22-year-old posted a picture on social media with a meeting room white board in the background and, on the white board, code words for plays used by the Lions were included in the photo.
    Andy Scholes, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Merchant allegedly used fabric weights as code words for different parts of the crime.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of code word
Noun
  • The exhibition’s title Sailing to Byzantium comes from a 1927 poem by William Butler Yeats, where the poet uses a sea voyage to Byzantium as a metaphor for a spiritual journey.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Jim used the software provider as a metaphor for this market.
    Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of metaphor
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