Today's word is synecdochically:
Main Entry:
syn·ec·do·che Listen to the pronunciation of synecdoche
Pronunciation:
\sə-ˈnek-də-(ˌ)kē\
: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)
Thanks to a great TED talk by Erin McKean, who is now in my list of the top 5 hottest nerds.
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