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(1) The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. A thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Figure of speech.
"When are we going to the field?" The field is a metonym of a Baseball Park

" I want to go to the movies!" The movies is a metonym of the theater.

"This is a fantastic dish!" Dish is a metonym of the food item on the dish.
"The White House" White House is a metonym of the Executive Branch of the United States.
metonym by 4NtH0N7 May 31, 2022
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Can you tell me the synonym of the word synonym?
Yeah, it's metonym... (Dumb asshole gay person)..
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metonymy 

(Gr. metonymia "changing of name") is a trope in which the name of a thing is replaced by the name of an associated thing. One name is used instead of another.
the following types of metonymy are differentiated:
1. the abstract stands foe the concrete
2. the container is mentioned instead of the contents
3. the material instead of the thing made of it
4. the maker of the thing made
5. the instrument is put for the agent
6. a part is put for the whole (synecdoche)
he had several Picassos (paintings of Picasso). (metonymy)
we need some new faces (metonymy) around here.
his pen (metonymy) is rather sharp (about an author).
he sat just near the cold green eyes (metonymy).
metonymy by Saiane March 19, 2011

metonomy 

An organizational collective characterized by a dualistic syndicalism/anarcho-syndicalism structure.

Over time the dualistic antipattern structure becomes the basis for a cryptocurrency.

After even more time the cryptocurrency becomes a pure blockchain.

Anarcho-nihilism.
Metonomy is an instance of a workers' collective creating a blockchain by the very virtue of its verificationistic structure.

This is in contra-momentum to volitionistic Marxism.
metonomy by sandraxine July 13, 2018

Metonymy 

Linear timeline in which the meanings of whole words are synthetic (additive) in the future; and convergent (conflationary) in the past.

In contrast the phonemes (phonetic parts) of words are synthetic (additive) in the past; and convergent in the future.
Metonymy is an instance of the contrapositive nature of material dualism.
Metonymy by sandraxine September 1, 2018

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026