M is for meridian (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Eric Nielsen]

I had a friend who used the phrase "zero dark 30" to refer to time deep into
the night. No specific hour, but-- for this particular nightowl--he meant
time well after 12:30 a.m.

What figure is this? Metonymy?

Eric
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I've also heard e.g. "oh dark 30" for 00:30 aka 12:30 a.m.
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> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:08 PM, James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com
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> > Hence, midnight sometimes given as "0 dark hundred" :)
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