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the Pentagon is the name of a building (pretty much a very large bikeshed). I see the actual agency is named by the author as the Defense Department and one of
by riffic 8mo ago
the Pentagon is the name of a building (pretty much a very large bikeshed). I see the actual agency is named by the author as the Defense Department and one of the officials in question is a Defense Secretary. Interestingly, the bikeshed itself has its own spokespeople.
- jameskilton 8mo ago"The Pentagon" has been the nomenclature for DoD / DoW for decades. Everyone knows what it means.
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- LambdaComplex 8mo agoYeah, this is an incredibly common metonym.
- ulbu 8mo agothere is also a figure of speech used soo often, called metonymy.
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- loloquwowndueo 8mo agoIt’s called a metonym. Look it up.
- harimau777 8mo agoThe Pentagon is a synecdoche for military leadership in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche
- georgemcbay 8mo agoThe White House is also the name of a building. News sources have been using both building names (and several more I can think of off the top of my head) as short hand for the people who work inside of them for my entire life.
- simmerup 8mo agoyet it’s website is the department of war.
- mynameisvlad 8mo agoOfficially, they're the Department of Defense. There was an EO signed last year that lets them use "Department of War" on all but their most official documents (since only Congress can officially change the name of the department).