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Of course they’re not the same thing, the goal of an analogy is not to be perfect but to provide a point of comparison to explain an idea.

My point is that I find the chosen term inadequate. The author made it up from combining two existing words, where one of them is a poor fit for what they’re aiming to convey.



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