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minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoTed Cruz wins a statewide election it can’t be gerrymandered.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-214 days agoI was using “gerrymandered” as a synecdoche for general election tampering and ratfucking, not in the literal sense of drawing districts. Sorry if I wasn’t being clear enough 🙂
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoIt means to use one in place of the whole (or the other way around). Like how sailors are called hands, cattle are heads, and most Republicans are dicks.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days ago synecdoche Today I learned a new word. Thanks.
Ted Cruz wins a statewide election it can’t be gerrymandered.
I was using “gerrymandered” as a synecdoche for general election tampering and ratfucking, not in the literal sense of drawing districts.
Sorry if I wasn’t being clear enough 🙂
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It means to use one in place of the whole (or the other way around). Like how sailors are called hands, cattle are heads, and most Republicans are dicks.
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Today I learned a new word. Thanks.