Something like “the Firm wants to hire you,” “London doesn’t like you,” or “the Company has noticed your achievements.”

  • lemmy_in@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    The term is metonym. It is when you use a characteristic or associated attribute of a thing as the name of that thing. A classic example would be “the crown” when talking about the monarch or “The Whitehouse” when talking about the president.

    • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      11 months ago

      Oh, this is a great word. Thanks! I just went down a huge rabbit hole of synecdoche vs metonym, and I doubt I’ll forget either term soon.