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Synecdoche 1

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CajunCenturion

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The YourDictionary.com Word of the Day.

I just happen to like the word.

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I found this article on figure of speech, I didn't know there were so many of them, and I am still reading it.
 
Actually, John, I've known about this for a long time since we have dear friends that live just outside of Albany to the northwest in the town of Synecdoche, New York. [wink]

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Schenectady could be a synecdoche, depending on how you translate it.
:)

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Wasn't that word used in that Springsteen/Manfred Mann song?
--Jim
 
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