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In the title, the author is using a metaphor, which is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literal
by intopieces 10y ago
In the title, the author is using a metaphor, which is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- beowulf_cluster 10y agoAnd the contention here is that it's inappropriate (unless you mean to suggest that diseases are sentient or otherwise capable of intention to foment terror) and overplayed, and it ultimately corrodes the meaning of and devalues the word.