Denominatio

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 * Definition:: **figure of speech where a word or phrase may have double meaning


 * Origin:: **for Metonymy- Latin from Greek //metōnumia//, literally 'change of name'


 * See also:: **Metonymy

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 * Examples ** from text:

1) From "The First Session" by Will Dowd " 'Soon after the wedding,' she said. 'I'd tell him tovacuum the stairs or scrub the bathtub.' 'And would he?''Oh, he'd do it — but only when he was being observed.' The physicist rolled his eyes. 'I'm sorry, but my wife has no grasp of quantum mechanics.' 'You're some mechanic,' she said. 'What's a lug nut?' 'So I can't change a tire,” he said. “I'm a little preoccupied with the dark energy ripping our universe apart.' 'You see, that's all he talks about. Dark energy and dark matter and black holes. I've told him a thousand times: Leave that cosmic negativity at the office.'"

2) From Authun and the Bear “I cannot bear, sire,” said Authun, “that I should enjoy such honours here with you, and my mother tramp the beggar’s path out in Iceland, for by now the provision I made for her before I left home will be at an end.”

3) Edith: I said it was different, that's all, but i didn't curse the reverend from right there in the front row.