synecdouche

Someone who uses rhetorical terms (such as synecdoche) frequently, pompously, and/or incorrectly.

Betty: Do you really love me?!
Tom: Is that a rhetorical question?
Adam: Dude, he says that every time. What a synecdouche.

by pigeonmeister February 20, 2011

synecdouche

A play on the word synecdoche, a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing.

Mark is such a synecdouche.

by deadloque March 9, 2009

synecdouche

Someone whose douchey behavior is symbolic of a larger douchiness problem in society.

Donald Trump is the epitome of a synecdouche.

by Mr. Dalek June 28, 2016

synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole, or vice versa, as in "Washington WINS!!!"

It should be made clear that "Washington" in this regard is a synecdoche for "Wahington Capitals Lacross Team".

by talk2me-JCH2 June 16, 2021

synecdoche

a stuffy college professor word that describes when you use part of an object to refer to the whole object. If you call you gun a "nine," or refer to a guy who is mean as a "dick," thats synecodche. Like most college professor words, it is originally greek, transferred into Latin and then imported into english.

"Man I can't go out tonight. I got no wheels"

(since he says "wheels" but means "car," this is synecdoche.)

by cosmo July 20, 2004