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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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sociative morpheme
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- An element of a compound brand name which does not normally occur outside of that compound.
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- Ocean Spray Cran•Apple brand juice
- Ocean Spray Cran•Cherry brand juice
- Ocean Spray Cran•Grape brand juice
- Ocean Spray Cran•Mango brand juice
- Ocean Spray Cran•Raspberry brand juice
- Ocean Spray Cran•Strawberry brand juice
- Ocean Spray Cran•Tangerine brand juice
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mucker pose
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- The affectation by one social group of the distinctive linguistic habits of another in order to curry favor with that group.
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- in the United States, a country music singer who adopts a fake southern accent is striking a mucker pose
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morpheme
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- Any meaningful linguistic unit which cannot be further subdivided into smaller meaningful parts.
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- in English, the letter ‘s’ in final position (at the end of a word) is a morpheme indicating plurality
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mononym
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- Any brand name consisting of a single word.
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mondegreen
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- A misheard song lyric.
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mimetic word
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- Any word or name created in direct imitation of another word.
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- the word ‘litterbug’ was coined on the analogy of the word ‘jitterbug’
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micronym
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- An unusually short name.
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- The Motorola Q brand mobile device.
metonym
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- The substitution of one name for another of similar meaning.
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- using the term ‘the White House’ to refer to the Executive Branch of the United Sates government
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