Re:Metaphors in Man Pages
by lucasmullens on Friday May 08, 2020 @04:20PM
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Definitely seems overreaching.
Broadening a definition and a metaphor are not the same thing. Basically every "metaphor" mentioned is just a word that has more than one definition. Sure, the origin of the new definition was likely at first someone making a metaphor, but now they're just words.
Broadening a definition and a metaphor are not the same thing. Basically every "metaphor" mentioned is just a word that has more than one definition. Sure, the origin of the new definition was likely at first someone making a metaphor, but now they're just words.