mark that's-Sir-Chimp-to-you Bailey[/quote]an·to·no·ma·sia (nt-n-mzh)
n.
1. The substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, as in calling a sovereign "Your Majesty."
2. The substitution of a personal name for a common noun to designate a member of a group or class, as in calling a traitor a "Benedict Arnold."
[Latin, from Greek antonomazein, to name instead : anti-, instead of; see anti- + onomazein, to name (from onoma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots).]
anto·no·mastic (-mstk) adj.
anto·no·masti·cal·ly adv.
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Re: antonomasia
It sure doesn't mean to 'befuddle Rubinstein.' Nice word.
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