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as in analogy, code word
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“Dead metaphor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20metaphor. Accessed 20 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of dead metaphor was in 1922
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