Re: metonymous factors (or not) in humour

John Briggs wrote:
> FCS wrote:
>> On Jul 29, 4:30 pm, Blue Sow <janet.r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> FCS wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Which part did you feel was 'metonymous'?
>> Perceptions of "public trans****t" 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...