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METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.



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a: american-capitalism ~
b: a-sailboat-trying-to-go-up-wind

Writer: Leo --Date: December 21, 2024

a: gene-expression ~
b: making-cookies

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 20, 2024

a: ecosystem ~
b: plane

Writer: Marilyn Jordan --Date: December 20, 2024


a: respiratory-system ~
b: bike-pump

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 18, 2024

a: solar-energy ~
b: nuclear-energy

Writer: Richard B. Alley --Date: December 18, 2024

a: photosynthesis ~
b: packing-a-lunch-to-eat-later

Writer: Rene Fester Kratz et al. --Date: December 17, 2024


a: digestive-system ~
b: furnace

Writer: greg@alternativeedge.net --Date: December 17, 2024

a: motivation ~
b: steam

Writer: Mark A. Copeland, 2009 --Date: December 17, 2024

a: glycolysis ~
b: a-gumball-machine-in-the-cytoplasm

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 17, 2024


a: near-death-experience ~
b: having-visited-the-sun

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 17, 2024

a: rock-cycle ~
b: bicycle

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 17, 2024

a: dehydration ~
b: frostbite

Writer: Lint Picker --Date: December 17, 2024


a: respect ~
b: chocolate-to-a-man-s-soul

Writer: Ron Deal --Date: December 16, 2024

a: polymer ~
b: a-lego-house

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 16, 2024

a: transgenic-plant ~
b: hitting-insect-with-a-hammer

Writer: Wayne M. Barnes --Date: December 16, 2024


a: voltage ~
b: the-height-of-the-stream

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 16, 2024

a: freedom ~
b: cocaine

Writer: Dr. Julie Carbery --Date: December 16, 2024

a: freedom ~
b: a-muscle

Writer: Stephen A Diamond Ph.D. --Date: December 16, 2024


a: drunk-driving ~
b: firing-a-gun-at-a-moving-train

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 15, 2024

a: chocolate-chip-cookies ~
b: chocolate-chip-cookies

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 15, 2024

a: painting ~
b: boxing

Writer: Ross Skoggard --Date: December 15, 2024


a: behaviorism ~
b: a-guide-dog

Writer: --Date: December 15, 2024

a: behaviorism ~
b: sugar-dissolved-in-tea

Writer: --Date: December 15, 2024

a: government-bureaucracy ~
b: pesky-mother-in-law

Writer: Orit Arfa --Date: December 13, 2024


a: bowman-capsule ~
b: baseball-glove

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 12, 2024

a: prophase ~
b: argument-before-breakup

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 12, 2024

a: rock-cycle ~
b: bicycle

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 12, 2024


a: memory ~
b: a-snow-globe

Writer: Raulsen --Date: December 12, 2024

a: enzyme ~
b: match-maker

Writer: Steve Hammack --Date: December 12, 2024

a: prophase ~
b: argument-before-breakup

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 11, 2024


a: conservation ~
b: sand-in-the-hand

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 11, 2024

a: math ~
b: ladder

Writer: John Mighton --Date: December 11, 2024

a: anaphase ~
b: our-junior-year

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 11, 2024


a: nostalgia ~
b: loud-drunk

Writer: Bruce Ballenger --Date: December 11, 2024

a: a-balanced-equation ~
b: a-weighing-balance-with-equal-weights

Writer: Prajit Mittal --Date: December 10, 2024

a: isotope ~
b: car-models

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 10, 2024


a: prophase ~
b: argument-before-breakup

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 10, 2024

a: capital-punishment ~
b: suicide

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 10, 2024

a: making-silicon-wafers ~
b: making-pizza

Writer: Tom Abate,Chronicle --Date: December 10, 2024


a: totalitarianism ~
b: an-onion

Writer: Inga M. Pierson --Date: December 9, 2024

a: glycolysis ~
b: investing-money-to-make-more-money

Writer: Robin Francis Tillman --Date: December 9, 2024

a: federalism ~
b: rainbow

Writer: IASbaba --Date: December 9, 2024


a: protein-crystal ~
b: a-string-of-beads

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 9, 2024

a: drug-abuse ~
b: a-balloon

Writer: Theodore Cicero of Washington University in St. Louis --Date: December 8, 2024

a: student-loan ~
b: noose-around-your-neck

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 8, 2024


a: student-loan ~
b: herpes

Writer: Ben Simo --Date: December 8, 2024

a: student-loan ~
b: inhaling-asbestos

Writer: Zac Bissonnette --Date: December 8, 2024

a: student-loan ~
b: eating-an-elephant

Writer: David Vanadia --Date: December 8, 2024


a: unrequited-love ~
b: black-coffee

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 8, 2024

a: coward ~
b: a-sheep

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 8, 2024

a: leadership ~
b: abominable-snowman

Writer: Cliff Ricketts, John Ricketts --Date: December 8, 2024


a: blood-pressure ~
b: weight-lifting-for-the-heart

Writer: Dr.Joseph Kamugisha --Date: December 7, 2024

a: bowman-capsule ~
b: baseball-glove

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 7, 2024

a: concentration ~
b: harnessing-a-flow-of-water

Writer: Dalai Lama --Date: December 6, 2024


a: concentration ~
b: dripping-water

Writer: Yogi Shanti Desai --Date: December 6, 2024

a: baked-potato ~
b: blank-canvas

Writer: Not Stated --Date: December 6, 2024

a: anxiety ~
b: rocking-chair

Writer: Jodi Picoult --Date: December 6, 2024


a: anxiety ~
b: little-dog

Writer: Troy Bruner, Ed.D. --Date: December 6, 2024

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