English Explanatory Dictionary

pataphor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a figure of speech that transcends the original context and creates a secondary reality independent of the original context.

Word forms

pataphor pataphors

Etymology

Coined by Pablo A. Lopez.

Related words

pataphysics metaphor
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