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'''Meaning''': parallel, analogy, comparison.
'''Meaning''': parallel, analogy, comparison.


Bonus point for being [[category:Religious buzzwords|biblical]]. But also for sheer degree of difficulty. This takes you right to the knife edge of mockery: You must to deliver with whole-hearted conviction, certitude and a self-confidence which is beyond most non-Americans, lest your conversational partner collapses in a paroxysm of laughter at you.
Bonus point for being [[:category:Religious buzzwords|biblical]]. But also for sheer degree of difficulty. This takes you right to the knife edge of mockery: You must to deliver with whole-hearted conviction, certitude and a self-confidence which is beyond most non-Americans, lest your conversational partner collapses in a paroxysm of laughter at you.


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*[[category:Religious buzzwords|Religious buzzwords]]
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*[[Sing from the same hymn sheet]]
*[[Sing from the same hymn sheet]]
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Revision as of 17:10, 13 September 2017

As of September 2017, a brand new buzzword alert: "parable".

Context: "are you framing this[1] as a parable to draw from for this new transaction?"

Meaning: parallel, analogy, comparison.

Bonus point for being biblical. But also for sheer degree of difficulty. This takes you right to the knife edge of mockery: You must to deliver with whole-hearted conviction, certitude and a self-confidence which is beyond most non-Americans, lest your conversational partner collapses in a paroxysm of laughter at you.

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  1. For example successfully executed pledge structure, for example,