Parable

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

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

Meaning: parallel, analogy, comparison.

Bonus point for being . 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.

See also

• Sing from the same hymn sheet