http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/antonomasia Questions tagged with 'antonomasia' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:46:25 -0800 Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:46:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/14535/Generic%2DTerminalogy%2Deg%2DHoover%2DKleenex Kleenex = any facial tissue. Xerox = any copy machine. "There are thousands of Milky Ways out there." <br> <br> What's the word for using the name of a specific thing to refer to all things in its class? It's metonymy, right, but is it synecdoche? Is it antonomasia? Help! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.14535 Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:46:25 -0800 antonomasia language linguistics rhetoric synecdoche goatdog