Phenomenological versions of theology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and literary criticism have been developed, and phenomenology remains one of the most important schools of contemporary philosophy. Linguistic phenomenology will take you to some definitions. Some pertinent quotes from Husserl's 1917 lecture. This is the source for more on Husserl. All philosophical disciplines are rooted in pure phenomenology, through whose development, and through it alone, they obtain their proper force.
Philosophy is possible as a rigorous science at all only through pure phenomenology.
In summary, the first and most primitive concept of the phenomenon referred to the limited sphere of those sensuously given realities through which Nature is evinced in perceiving. A metaphor, as we learned in our literature courses, is usually thought of as a poetic flourish. It is thought of as a device to emphasize a point and give a richer meaning to what we would like to communicate. It is, however, much more than that. It is found in everyday life, not just in language, but in thought and action.