Synecdoche

What is Synecdoche?


1.

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.)

See cosmo


28

Random Words:

1. n. extremely gay type of jumpshot. usually accompanied by a three-to seven step travel. 1.Oh snap! Did you see that oliver shuffle? 2..
1. (n.) A staff member at slangdefine who cancels your submission before it even reaches the editors. This person is often a huge douchebag..
1. Noun. White Entertainment Television. A television channel that is offered on cable and satellite tv focusing mainly on white caucasian..