Re: metonymous factors (or not) in humour

John Briggs wrote:
Richard Polhill wrote:
John Briggs wrote:
FCS wrote:
On Jul 29, 4:30 pm, Blue Sow <janet.r...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
FCS wrote:

[snip]

Which part did you feel was 'metonymous'?
Perceptions of "public transport" as a genre.
As the word "metonymous" probably doesn't exist, I suppose that's as
good an answer as any. But what word did you really mean?
metonymy (n)

Brit. /m{shtibar}{sm}t{rfa}n{schwa}mi/, U.S.
/m{schwa}{sm}t{fata}n{schwa}mi/
a. Rhetoric. (A figure of speech characterized by) the action of
substituting for a word or phrase denoting an object, action,
institution, etc., a word or phrase denoting a property or something
associated with it; an instance of this. b. In extended use: a
thing used or regarded as a substitute for or symbol of something
else. Also (esp. in Linguistics and Literary Theory): the process of
semantic association involved in producing and understanding a
metonymy. Because the association involved in metonymy is typically
by contiguity rather than similarity, metonymy is often contrasted
with metaphor.
OED, DRAFT REVISION Dec. 2001

Just can't see how it applies...

In which case, you haven't answered my question :-) He didn't mean metonymy either...

Which is what I meant by "Just can't see how it applies..."
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