Metonym(y)

kdnxdr · Jul 3, 2012

Metonym

: stating a reference as its direct attribute or whatever it is associated with most: "crown" for “king/queen”.

kdnxdr · Jul 3, 2012

Gerome's privates were more public than the daily stock quotes, just a bit more miscalculated.

Would this do?

kborsden · Jul 4, 2012

If I were a knight, would you be my sword?

She is my love.

rugcat · Jul 4, 2012

Also, by extension, the substitution of the (associated) part for the whole.

Cuckoo, cuckoo: O, word of fear,
Unpleasing to a married ear!

--Wm. Shakespeare

kborsden · Jul 4, 2012

rugcat said:
Also, by extension, the substitution of the (associated) part for the whole.

Isn't that Synecdoche?

Metonym(y)

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

kdnxdr

One of the most important people in the world

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues

rugcat

Lost in the Fog

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues