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METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.



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a: penis ~
b: a-sink-with-a-faucet-and-drain

Writer: Dr. Gelman --Date: June 12, 2026

a: action-potential ~
b: the-race-car

Writer: John H. Byrne, Ph.D. --Date: June 12, 2026

a: valence-electrons ~
b: candy-shells

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 12, 2026


a: epigenetics ~
b: grandma-notes-in-the-family-cookbook

Writer: Dr. Theresa Nesbitt --Date: June 10, 2026

a: bone ~
b: reinforced-concrete

Writer: James S. Trefil --Date: June 10, 2026

a: respiratory-system ~
b: bike-pump

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 8, 2026


a: whale ~
b: tree

Writer: Andy Pershing --Date: June 7, 2026

a: mulholland-drive ~
b: the-road-itself

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 7, 2026

a: a-bad-metaphor ~
b: a-night-in-an-airport

Writer: Elaine Isaak --Date: June 7, 2026


a: quark ~
b: rubber-band

Writer: John Rennie --Date: June 7, 2026

a: male-corpus-callosum ~
b: two-lane-country-road

Writer: A Smart Guy --Date: June 5, 2026

a: cellular-respiration ~
b: a-hurdler

Writer: anne paige; Sam Paige --Date: June 5, 2026


a: unrequited-love ~
b: a-flower-bud

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 4, 2026

a: male-corpus-callosum ~
b: two-lane-country-road

Writer: A Smart Guy --Date: June 3, 2026

a: neurotransmitter ~
b: sparking-action-of-a-spark-plug

Writer: tommyc --Date: June 1, 2026


a: enzyme-biochemistry ~
b: football

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 1, 2026

a: holy-spirit ~
b: a-man-with-a-lamp

Writer: Ian Thomas --Date: June 1, 2026

a: dna-replication ~
b: a-train-track

Writer: Dr. Barry Starr --Date: May 31, 2026


a: smooth-endoplasmic-reticulum ~
b: smooth-road

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 31, 2026

a: loyalty ~
b: juice-of-an-orange

Writer: Larry W. Wilson --Date: May 29, 2026

a: assumption ~
b: a-hidden-premise

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 28, 2026


a: relative-humidity ~
b: measure-of-how-saturated-the-air

Writer: Rebecca Gianotti --Date: May 28, 2026

a: memory ~
b: a-spiderwebb

Writer: Joshua Foer --Date: May 27, 2026

a: the-comma ~
b: a-speed-bump

Writer: Copyright --Date: May 27, 2026


a: agriculture ~
b: car-industry

Writer: John Latham --Date: May 26, 2026

a: chromosome ~
b: unmoored-beansprout

Writer: Garth Sundem --Date: May 25, 2026

a: solar-system ~
b: a-disc-that-acts-as-a-whole

Writer: Don Austen --Date: May 25, 2026


a: steven-spielberg ~
b: the-brett-farve-of-filmmaking

Writer: Vince Mancini --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system-of-an-organism ~
b: information-technology-department-of-an-organization

Writer: PG GROSS --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system ~
b: two-sets-of-one-way-streets

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 24, 2026


a: nervous-system ~
b: a-set-of-antennae

Writer: Patton Sarley --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system ~
b: wiring-system

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system ~
b: tree

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 24, 2026


a: piston-ring ~
b: a-spring

Writer: Verruckt --Date: May 21, 2026

a: piston ~
b: a-giant-tennis-racket

Writer: mrchuakh --Date: May 21, 2026

a: capacitor ~
b: a-parking-lot

Writer: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. --Date: May 20, 2026


a: osteoporosis ~
b: termites

Writer: LINDA JOHNSON --Date: May 20, 2026

a: unfinished-dissertation ~
b: the-wound-of-philoctetes

Writer: Leonard Cassuto --Date: May 19, 2026

a: using-ethanol-for-fuel ~
b: electing-the-dumbest-kid-in-school-as-class-president

Writer: Bill Reinert --Date: May 19, 2026


a: car-salesman ~
b: preacher-in-the-church-of-the-american-dream

Writer: RICH COHEN --Date: May 19, 2026

a: car-salesman ~
b: preacher-in-the-church-of-the-american-dream

Writer: RICH COHEN --Date: May 17, 2026

a: sympathetic-nervous-system ~
b: the-accelerator

Writer: Claudia M. Gold --Date: May 15, 2026


a: cartilage ~
b: a-sponge

Writer: Katherine Poehlmann, PhD --Date: May 14, 2026

a: your-credit ~
b: your-virginity

Writer: eemusings --Date: May 14, 2026

a: personal-finance ~
b: potty-training

Writer: Echo ? --Date: May 14, 2026


a: bioinformatics ~
b: woodworking

Writer: Frederik Cheeseman --Date: May 14, 2026

a: confidence ~
b: a-magnet-that-attracts-paper-clips

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 13, 2026

a: photosynthesis ~
b: the-big-bang-in-evolution

Writer: James Barber --Date: May 13, 2026


a: ion-channel ~
b: cat-door

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 12, 2026

a: cystic-fibrosis ~
b: a-boat-with-a-hole-in-it

Writer: Brent Hendricks --Date: May 11, 2026

a: coma ~
b: a-television

Writer: Arthur L. Caplan --Date: May 11, 2026


a: action-potential ~
b: the-race-car

Writer: John H. Byrne, Ph.D. --Date: May 10, 2026

a: sleep-apnea ~
b: drowning-hundreds-of-times-a-night

Writer: thesumidaway --Date: May 9, 2026

a: trying-to-burn-glucose-without-insulin ~
b: trying-to-set-fire-to-a-pile-of-logs-without-a-match

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 8, 2026


a: family ~
b: peanut-brittle

Writer: Adam Levine --Date: May 5, 2026

a: large-intestine ~
b: a-clogged-pipe

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 5, 2026

a: electric-current ~
b: pressurized-water-pipes

Writer: moocow300 --Date: May 4, 2026


a: chloroplast ~
b: tiny-carbohydrate-factory

Writer: Corey Smith --Date: May 3, 2026

a: cholesterol ~
b: a-garbage-truck

Writer: Erin Palinski-Wade --Date: May 3, 2026

a: chemical-reaction ~
b: dance

Writer: JOHN CHARLES POLANYI --Date: May 2, 2026


a: chuck-e-cheese ~
b: a-free-market

Writer: Joel Patrick --Date: May 1, 2026

a: nephron ~
b: tiny-filtering-plant

Writer: Not Stated --Date: April 29, 2026

a: enzyme ~
b: a-philips-head-screwdriver

Writer: Becky Fulop, Juliet Girard, Thomas Noriega --Date: April 29, 2026


a: enzyme ~
b: a-philips-head-screwdriver

Writer: Becky Fulop, Juliet Girard, Thomas Noriega --Date: April 28, 2026

a: game-of-thrones ~
b: washington

Writer: Jennifer Vineyard --Date: April 28, 2026

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