Simile for the Camera!

Authors

Daniel Galef

Abstract

Similes have a tendency to become entrenched in the language. Though they may originally be an expression of originality, a creative link between two ideas never before formed, they soon are overused and undervalued figures of speech not given a second thought by users, addicted to similes in the way that other users are addicted to methamphetamine. Because a simile has a set meaning belied by its expression, it refers only to one meaning or sense of its base word, like any unambiguous phrase.

Recommended Citation

Galef, Daniel (2013) "Simile for the Camera!," Word Ways: Vol. 46 : Iss. 4 , Article 13.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol46/iss4/13