An Interesting Synecdoche

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Synecdoche (pronounced sin-EK-duh-key) is when you mention a part of something but mean the whole thing. When you compliment your buddy’s car by saying that it’s a nice set of wheels, that’s synecdoche. Here the kid refers to himself but mom is thinking of, well, read the comic.

https://www.comicskingdom.com/hi-and-lois-1/2021-04-12

Does it count if the cartoonist is referring to everything, but the kid isn’t?

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