Term? Are you serious? It is a metaphor, honestly the fact that you can’t tell the difference between similes and analogs makes me really concerned about your ability to make your broader point even though this conversation I am roping you into has nothing to do with this unnecessarily specific and overly involved tangent that doesn’t actually challenge the fundamental basis of your argument…

edit before you can cleverly respond I am going to pre-emptively be clever about that clever thing so I will just look even more clever so don’t bother