Meanings
- metonymicallyThe 2004 Madrid train bombings.
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If the events took place on March 11 (like the public information phone number 3-1-1), perhaps the metonym wouldn’t be “3/11,” since it isn’t similarly visceral. (It’s worth noting that the Madrid train bombings, which took place on March 11, are known in Spain as “11-M” due to the country’s use of the date-before-month method of date formatting.)
2015 January 16, Rick Paulas, “The Linguistics of Tragedy”, in Pacific Standard, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025
Origin
- Spanish11-M
- English11-M
Borrowed from Spanish 11-M, an abbreviation of 11 March.
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11-M. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/11-M
“11-M.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/11-M. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “11-M,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/11-M.
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