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- noun rare Alternative spelling of
synecdoche .
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They are great figures of speech as worthy as simile, metaphor, ellipsis, alliteration, polysyndeton, syndoche of part or whole and a hundred others that we use every day.
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*Cue nasally "You should learn to respect our rights to be assholes!" responses*. kevs bellend syndoche new york was hogwash, batman begins was better than TDK
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