r u making an analogy of glue factory and "come on, man", analogical?
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analogy | əˈnalədʒi |
noun (plural analogies)
a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification: an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies | [mass noun] : he interprets logical functions by analogy with machines.
• a correspondence or partial similarity: the syndrome is called deep dysgraphia because of its analogy to deep dyslexia.
• a thing which is comparable to something else in significant respects: works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature.
• [mass noun] Logic a process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects: argument from analogy.
• [mass noun] Linguistics a process by which new words and inflections are created on the basis of regularities in the form of existing ones.
• [mass noun] Biology the resemblance of function between organs that have a different evolutionary origin.
DERIVATIVES
analogic | anəˈlɒdʒɪk | adjective
analogical | anəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l | adjective
analogically | anəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)li | adverb
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘appropriateness, correspondence’): from French analogie, Latin analogia ‘proportion’, from Greek, from analogos ‘proportionate’.
Q: Why is this place sticky like boat nectar? (Karl, was that YOU? Did the ICE sculpture damage your pee-pee-hyena-clitoris thangy? )