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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> It's a kind of metonymy. Other exx. found among these:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metonyms
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> -Matt Gordon
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> "Fleet Street" -- London tabloid journalism "Saville Row" -- London
> high-end tailors "Foggy Bottom" -- U.S. State Dept.
> "Turtle Bay" -- United Nations
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> Is there a name for terms like this?
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> What are some others?
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