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Metonymy can also be used where an expression is shortened.
Examples:
Danish for Danish pastries
Wallets for Wallet sized pictures
States for United States of America
"Capital has learned to sit down and talk with labor."
-George Meany 1966
Capital represents and substitutes higher officials or wealthy people.
Labor represents the citizens of the working class.
"The pen is mightier than the sword," which originates from Edward Lytton's famous play Richelieu.
In this example, pen stands for written word or law while sword stands for military force and action.
This quote is one of the most famous examples of metonymy.
Metonymy used to be very popular in cigarette advertisements, convincing people that smoking made life happier and healthier.
An example of this is calling cigarettes "torches of freedom."
This was meant to encourage women to publicly smoke.
Metonymy is also used very often in everyday dialogue.
Hand means help.
Faces mean people.
Chips means the bag of potato chips.
Metonymy is used in sports too.
The name of a team is substituted in place of the players on the team.
The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of Andrew's savings
Suits refers to stock brokers or business people (usually dressed in suits).
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