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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sure. I actually called it an analogy, which a shcolar like yourself will no doubt recognize as a form of metaphor.

Lots of words can be used as metaphors. Words like "retard" for example. But sometimes we choose to do better than that.