Word of the week: "synecdoche," pronounced "si-NECK-duh-key." It is a figure of speech where, for example, a part of something is used to represent the whole, as in "50 head" for cattle. You're going to see a lot of the word this month, when the film "Synecdoche, New York" gets its American release. The film is set in Schenectady, New York, and uses synecdoche as a plot device.

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