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catachresis

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as in simile

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Isla’s mother, Chloe Howell, said the tween loves to crack jokes at home and came up with the funny simile herself.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
An image may resonate with deeper meanings (that’s what great directors can bring about), but the compression and displacement that make the simile devastating on the page have no cinematic equivalent.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

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Forty-one minutes later, the CFIA issued—Orwell would appreciate the agency’s flair for euphemism—a Notice to Dispose.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Orwell was exploring the roles that euphemism, tangled syntax, and dying metaphors can play in obscuring the true intentions of a totalitarian state.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of euphemism

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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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

Definition of circumlocution

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Some couples and families even choose a code word that means the conversation is pausing, Wilson says—not that the relationship is disappearing.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
According to the Daily Mail, Baldoni and Swift actually communicated after the end of his dispute with Lively, and the two now share a code word when talking about the issue.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026

Definition of code word

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Drawn to the tactile and familiar qualities of paper, Teo uses playful forms and visual metaphors to transform everyday subjects and construct whimsical, imagined worlds.

— New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
All of those felt like metaphors for the teenage experience that could somehow be explored in magic.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

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