Pynchon & Jazz

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<<Main Entry: met·a·phor 
Pronunciation: 'me-t&-"for also -f&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French
metaphore, from 
Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to
transfer, from meta- 
+ pherein to bear -- more at BEAR
Date: 1533
1 : a figure of speech in which a word or phrase
literally denoting 
one kind of object or idea is used in place of another
to suggest a 
likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in
money); broadly : 
figurative language -- compare SIMILE
2 : an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor
: SYMBOL 2>>

How terribly informative.  

Anyway, thanks.  You're awfully tedious, but you make
my point.






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