mixed metaphor

noun

Definitions

  1. An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors,…

    An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors, similes or idioms.

    • This is just what the world sounds like now. This is how everything has chosen to speak. Mixed metaphors and empty sincerity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mixed metaphor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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