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Synecdoche
- nomilk 5y agoPronounced: 'sin - eck - doh - key'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Synecdoche.ogg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Synecdoche.ogg Yesterday someone made the case that 'Here comes the first TikTok War' was not just a reference to TikTok, but to the general class of technologies that will make video capture and sharing frictionless: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30461275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30461275 They were referring (knowingly or unknowingly) to TikTok as a synecdoche. Full thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30460742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30460742 Some more examples of synecdoches: 'Coke' instead of 'Softdrinks', 'Nintendo' instead of 'Video games'. Examples from this thread: https://english.stackexchange.com/q/7235/347162 https://english.stackexchange.com/q/7235/347162
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoA common web example is "googling" something on Bing. But I'm not sure I'd use synecdoche for this kind of usage, even if it's technically correct and a cool word to use. Often it seems people are using the word because that's the only name they know for it, rather than an intentional attempt to refer to the wider concept with an allusion. Like what is TikTok an example of? Is there a suitable word to use that people would understand? But that may just be an irrelevant angle.
- doublepg23 5y agoThe movie __Synecdoche, New York (2008)__ is where I first heard the term.
- WalterGR 5y agoGreat film. Have you read Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser? If you enjoyed Synecdoche, New York, you should check it out.
- doublepg23 5y agoI have not, I’ll have to suggest it to my book club :)
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoI thought this might have been inspired by the actress who played 'hot lips' in M*A*S*H dying recently.