Q/ What is Metaphor?

A metaphor is a way of describing someone or something by showing their similarity with something else

Q/ what is Metonymy?

the substation of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

For example

“the pen is mightier than the sword”

which contains two examples of metonymy“Pen” and “sword” are everyday words, but when substituted for “written words” and “military force,” their meaning become much more symbolic

Metonymy comes from the Greek word metōnymía, meaning “a change of name.”

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Was said by jacques lacan | Four Fundamental 203

He meant that the unconscious is made up of “chains of repressed signifiers” that relate to one another through their own rules of metaphor and metonymy

It is this tension between the real and our social laws, meanings, desires,
conventions, etc.
that determines our psychosexual lives.
Not even our unconscious escapes the effects of language

Unconsciousness isn't really about being unconscious?

I miss talking to him

Poor baby misses her dazai

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I miss laughing with him
He was the smartest ass I've ever met (بعد ص)
And damn sassy
I miss him he's funny

I got two pink dresses

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