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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: parietal-lobe ~
b: parent

Writer: Ms. Hoerth's 6th Grade Science Class --Date: March 15, 2026

a: parietal-lobe ~
b: major-river

Writer: Sandra Blakeslee, ‎Matthew Blakeslee --Date: March 15, 2026

a: ecology ~
b: painting-by-monet

Writer: Emily Davis --Date: March 12, 2026


a: lymphatic-system ~
b: a-garbage-disposal

Writer: Mary Rosenberg --Date: March 12, 2026

a: dna-replication ~
b: a-battle

Writer: Emily Fu-Sum --Date: March 10, 2026

a: endocrine-system ~
b: a-team

Writer: Sarah Mo --Date: March 9, 2026


a: democracy ~
b: bicycle

Writer: KOSTAS VAXEVANIS --Date: March 7, 2026

a: pcr ~
b: computer-photocopier

Writer: Alan McHughen --Date: March 6, 2026

a: nuclear-energy ~
b: shaquille-o-neal

Writer: Rod Adams --Date: March 4, 2026


a: good-leadership ~
b: permeating-light

Writer: Pearl Zhu --Date: March 4, 2026

a: memory ~
b: a-fishing-net

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 3, 2026

a: masturbation ~
b: warfare

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 3, 2026


a: masturbation ~
b: cooking-a-dinner-for-yourself

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 3, 2026

a: masturbation ~
b: tuning-a-radio

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 3, 2026

a: masturbation ~
b: bowl-full-of-celery

Writer: Kirsten Larson --Date: March 3, 2026


a: bacon ~
b: chocolate-for-dudes

Writer: Daniel Ibanez --Date: March 3, 2026

a: transformer ~
b: gear-box

Writer: W.G. Hurley, W.H. Wolfle --Date: March 3, 2026

a: integrity ~
b: iceberg

Writer: Not Stated --Date: March 2, 2026


a: action-potential ~
b: a-wave-coming-over-the-bow-of-a-boat

Writer: Mark F. Bear et al. --Date: March 2, 2026

a: whale ~
b: tree

Writer: Andy Pershing --Date: March 1, 2026

a: marketing ~
b: comedy-timing-is-everything

Writer: Mike Hensley --Date: March 1, 2026


a: cellular-respiration ~
b: the-triple-jump

Writer: Mark Richardson Georgia et al. --Date: February 27, 2026

a: allele ~
b: dessert

Writer: Not Stated --Date: February 27, 2026

a: cerebellum ~
b: the-supreme-court-of-the-brain

Writer: Abraham Lieberman --Date: February 26, 2026


a: semicolon ~
b: right-turn-on-red

Writer: Mike Pilewski --Date: February 26, 2026

a: loneliness ~
b: sitting-in-an-empty-room

Writer: Kent Nerburn --Date: February 25, 2026

a: axon-without-myelin ~
b: dial-up-service

Writer: neuropathy treatment --Date: February 23, 2026


a: london ~
b: new-york

Writer: BrooklynBoy --Date: February 23, 2026

a: scooby-doo ~
b: a-catechism

Writer: DG Rosetti --Date: February 23, 2026

a: my-lover ~
b: god

Writer: paulvanderklay --Date: February 22, 2026


a: my-lover ~
b: apple-tree-deep-in-the-woods

Writer: Shulammite --Date: February 22, 2026

a: love ~
b: a-rubber-band

Writer: Not Stated --Date: February 22, 2026

a: dendrite ~
b: analog-computer

Writer: Theodore Bullock --Date: February 22, 2026


a: comedy-central-censoring-south-park ~
b: george-carlin-muzzling-himself

Writer: marcehole --Date: February 21, 2026

a: endocrine-system ~
b: powerful-dictatorship

Writer: W. Tecumseh Fitch --Date: February 20, 2026

a: nervous-system ~
b: wiring-system

Writer: Not Stated --Date: February 19, 2026


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

Writer: Not Stated --Date: February 19, 2026

a: photosynthesis ~
b: packing-a-lunch-to-eat-later

Writer: Rene Fester Kratz et al. --Date: February 18, 2026

a: activation-energy ~
b: a-hill-a-barrier-a-wall-an-inpediment

Writer: Peter Charles Taylor --Date: February 18, 2026


a: cancer-cell ~
b: shedding-snake

Writer: Not stated --Date: February 18, 2026

a: ribosome ~
b: skillet-of-translation

Writer: April Koch --Date: February 17, 2026

a: ribosome ~
b: car-factory

Writer: Ada Yonath --Date: February 17, 2026


a: shadow ~
b: a-column-which-has-no-end

Writer: Leonardo Da Vinci --Date: February 16, 2026

a: electrolyte ~
b: a-set-of-un-screwed-nuts-and-bolts

Writer: Douglas P. Newton --Date: February 13, 2026

a: freedom ~
b: wind

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


a: parentheses ~
b: cupping-your-hands

Writer: Melissa --Date: February 12, 2026

a: endocrine-system ~
b: spiderweb

Writer: Krystal Ho --Date: February 12, 2026

a: family ~
b: a-jungle

Writer: YoungBeau, Greensboro, NC --Date: February 11, 2026


a: solar-system ~
b: fruite

Writer: Not Stated --Date: February 10, 2026

a: carbon-cycle ~
b: giant-game-of-tetris

Writer: Joss Fong --Date: February 9, 2026

a: nucleolus ~
b: the-king-in-the-game-of-chess

Writer: Hunter Isbell --Date: February 8, 2026


a: gasoline ~
b: lottery-tickets

Writer: Randy Munton --Date: February 5, 2026

a: gasoline ~
b: magic-juice

Writer: Rhett Allain --Date: February 5, 2026

a: respiratory-system ~
b: bike-pump

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


a: molecule ~
b: ice-cream-cone

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

a: ballet ~
b: the-trunk-of-the-tree

Writer: American Academy of Ballet --Date: February 4, 2026

a: mississippi-basin ~
b: the-literary-genitalia-of-the-north-america

Writer: mattyflynn --Date: February 4, 2026


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