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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is there a word for non literal word usages? #149437 10/26/2005 1:09 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US CarlAdler newbie CarlAdler newbie Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US I wonder if there is a well accepted term to cover "metaphor", "simile", "allegory" and the like. I would like to use "metaphor" in a broad sense for this but a philosopher friend objects to this. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Is there a word for non literal word usages? #149438 10/26/2005 1:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Likening? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Is there a word for non literal word usages? #149439 10/26/2005 2:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "Figurative" would work -- the only noun I can think of is the phrase "figures of speech." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Is there a word for non literal word usages? #149440 10/26/2005 3:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna addict Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain "Figurative language" is the term I've always heard used for this. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Is there a word for non literal word usages? #149441 10/26/2005 3:28 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >"figures of speech." trope(s) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Is there a word for non literal word usages? #149442 10/26/2005 5:40 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US CarlAdler newbie CarlAdler newbie Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US Thank you, it appears to hit the mark. Carl Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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