Why soap works so well on most viruses

Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by setr on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:52PM (#22558811)

limited namespace conflict? Same word, different abstract concept than the chair under question

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by tux1968 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:10PM (#22559064)

I always assumed it came by naming the person who sat in the special seat after the seat itself.

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by klodolph on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:20PM (#22559218)

This has a name! It’s called “metonymy.” It’s incredibly common in casual speech and poses unique challenges for natural language processing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by setr on Thursday March 12, 2020 @03:57PM (#22561087)

that might be the case but the person himself is not an object to be sat upon (though this may be true metaphorically... hopefully not literally).

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