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- A three-word brand or category name.
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- Toys“R”Us is an example of a trionym.
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teknonymy
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- The custom of referring to a parent by the name of his or her child.
- The custom of referring to a company by the name of its product or service.
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- Referring to Research In Motion as BlackBerry is an example of teknonymy.
polyonym
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- A name that consists of more than three words.
poecilonym
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- A word with the same meaning as another.
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- synonym
paranym
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- A term chosen to distract the hearer from a less desirable term.
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- The term ‘liberation’ is often used as a paranym for the term ‘invasion’.
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- euphemism
paedonymic
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- A name derived from one’s child.
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metronymy
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- A system where the name is derived from the female’s line.
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metonymy
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- A figure of speech where an attribute of the subject is used to name the subject.
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isonym
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- A word with an identical form or derivation of another.
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hyponym
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- A term that is part of a larger class.
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