1. A system where the name is derived from the female’s line.

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1. A figure of speech where an attribute of the subject is used to name the subject.

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1. 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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1. 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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1. Any brand name consisting of a single word.

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1. A misheard song lyric.

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1. 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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1. An unusually short name.

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• The Motorola Q brand mobile device.

1. 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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1. The literal translation of a phrase from one language into another.

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• metaname