I thought that was Oedipal ;-) VS-) On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Ronald Butters <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote: > ... KIlling your Dad and marrying your Mom can be "Freudian." > > It is not so much derivation as it is nonce synecdoche. ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org