You've got an attention span so impressive that people actually want to study you. But you don't have time for that; you're too busy coding, or tinkering, or thinking, or obsessively trying make the world a better place through invention with that savant-like brain of yours.
User: A symbol is _____. an intentional departure from the normal order, construction, or meaning of words something that is itself and also stands for something else a literal and concrete representation of an experience of the senses or of an object known by the senses.
Symbols are often universally understood (colors, animals), but don't have to be. NovaNet: A person, place, animal, or object that reps. SOmething standing for something that is normally isnt A metaphor is very similar and also stands for something it isn't.