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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: mendocino-county ~
b: the-napa-of-marijuana

Writer: Laura Bly, USA TODAY --Date: June 8, 2025

a: dopamine ~
b: a-sparkplug

Writer: Paul Fraumeni --Date: June 7, 2025

a: math ~
b: cartoonists

Writer: Kalid Azad --Date: June 7, 2025


a: poetry ~
b: logic

Writer: James Gassser --Date: June 7, 2025

a: photon ~
b: particle

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 6, 2025

a: bohr-model ~
b: the-solar-system-model

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 5, 2025


a: photography ~
b: writing

Writer: Mike Johnston --Date: June 5, 2025

a: bone ~
b: reinforced-concrete

Writer: James S. Trefil --Date: June 3, 2025

a: dna-synthesis ~
b: a-card-punch-to-originate-a-file

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 3, 2025


a: holy-spirit ~
b: deep-sea-diver

Writer: Keith Krell --Date: June 2, 2025

a: lipid-bilayer ~
b: a-sandwich

Writer: David H. Nguyen --Date: June 2, 2025

a: dna ~
b: a-twisted-ladder

Writer: James Watson --Date: June 1, 2025


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

Writer: Rene Fester Kratz et al. --Date: May 31, 2025

a: aphasia ~
b: vacant-look

Writer: RequiemBelle --Date: May 31, 2025

a: jazz ~
b: a-sand-painting

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 30, 2025


a: frameshift-mutation ~
b: this-video

Writer: Greg Petersen --Date: May 30, 2025

a: circulatory-system ~
b: two-part-highway-system

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 30, 2025

a: american-culture ~
b: the-moving-sidewalk-in-an-airport

Writer: Sarah Barrell --Date: May 30, 2025


a: cartilage ~
b: chocolate-layer

Writer: Mr Ian McDermott --Date: May 29, 2025

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

Writer: RICH COHEN --Date: May 29, 2025

a: nervous-system ~
b: tree

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 29, 2025


a: feedback-loop ~
b: sweating

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 28, 2025

a: human-mind ~
b: computer-not-

Writer: Ari N. Schulman --Date: May 28, 2025

a: conservative-thinking ~
b: old-left

Writer: Andrew Sulllivan --Date: May 28, 2025


a: high-cholesterol ~
b: hair

Writer: Helen Osborne, MEd, OTR/L --Date: May 28, 2025

a: multiple-sclerosis ~
b: a-city-with-a-subway

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 27, 2025

a: homework ~
b: an-alien-invader

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 26, 2025


a: x-chromosome ~
b: fossil

Writer: Sharon Guynup --Date: May 26, 2025

a: boise ~
b: a-mini-denver

Writer: jessica --Date: May 25, 2025

a: flat-space ~
b: stuff-magnet

Writer: Strouty --Date: May 25, 2025


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

Writer: moocow300 --Date: May 24, 2025

a: tonsils ~
b: belly-buttons

Writer: Peter J. Koltai MD, FACS, FAAP --Date: May 23, 2025

a: materialism ~
b: drinking-sea-water

Writer: mrchu001 --Date: May 23, 2025


a: boston ~
b: that-old-cranky-co-worker

Writer: Farzad K. --Date: May 23, 2025

a: endothelium-of-tumor-vessels ~
b: plastic-wrap

Writer: Donald McDonald, MD, PhD --Date: May 22, 2025

a: economic-neoliberalism ~
b: asking-if-the-pope-is-catholic

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 21, 2025


a: cell-cycle ~
b: a-life-cycle

Writer: Dawn A. Tamarkin, Ph.D. --Date: May 21, 2025

a: dark-energy ~
b: who-the-f-knows-

Writer: Spanky --Date: May 21, 2025

a: cellular-respiration ~
b: a-hurdler

Writer: anne paige; Sam Paige --Date: May 21, 2025


a: a-prokaryotic-cell ~
b: a-one-room

Writer: scienceprofonline --Date: May 21, 2025

a: chemical-reaction ~
b: dance

Writer: JOHN CHARLES POLANYI --Date: May 20, 2025

a: ecology ~
b: painting-by-monet

Writer: Emily Davis --Date: May 20, 2025


a: ecology ~
b: a-religion

Writer: Ken Ingham --Date: May 20, 2025

a: vacuole ~
b: kitchen

Writer: Many --Date: May 20, 2025

a: alcoholism ~
b: riding-a-elevator

Writer: Tommyh --Date: May 19, 2025


a: washington-dc ~
b: the-rest-of-the-u-s

Writer: LEE TESCHLER --Date: May 19, 2025

a: water-cycle ~
b: the-engine-of-the-earth

Writer: Micha Tomkiewicz, Ph.D --Date: May 19, 2025

a: signal-transduction ~
b: a-relay-race

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 18, 2025


a: allergy ~
b: heat-being-added-to-water

Writer: Dr. Thomas F. Johnson --Date: May 18, 2025

a: short-circuit ~
b: a-water-pipe-with-a-hole-in-it

Writer: mm --Date: May 18, 2025

a: memory ~
b: a-mental-sticky-note

Writer: Amanda Morin --Date: May 18, 2025


a: food-chain ~
b: a-ladder

Writer: Trisha Callella-Jones, ‎Marilyn Marks --Date: May 17, 2025

a: a-neuron ~
b: tree

Writer: Ken Collins --Date: May 17, 2025

a: axon-terminal ~
b: the-root-system-of-a-tree

Writer: Rita Smilkstein --Date: May 17, 2025


a: anticipation ~
b: low-climb

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 16, 2025

a: washington-hearing ~
b: a-fern-in-the-rainforest

Writer: DEREK THOMPSON --Date: May 16, 2025

a: compassion ~
b: a-baton-in-relay-race

Writer: Dacher Keltner --Date: May 16, 2025


a: food-chain ~
b: a-ladder

Writer: Trisha Callella-Jones, ‎Marilyn Marks --Date: May 14, 2025

a: bad-leadership ~
b: rot-at-the-core-of-an-tree

Writer: Shineforth --Date: May 13, 2025

a: hippocampus ~
b: assembly-line

Writer: DoxasticPoo --Date: May 13, 2025


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