I just call all of them 'synecdoche'.
http://www.xkcd.com/762/
I once worked on a friend's dad's computer. He had the hard drive divided into eight partitions, C: through H:, with a 'Documents' directory tree on each one. Each new file appeared to be saved to a partition at random. I knew enough not to ask.
http://www.xkcd.com/763/
Cue letters from anthropology majors complaining that this view of numerolinguistic development perpetuates a widespread myth. They get to write letters like that because when you're not getting a real science degree you have a lot of free time.
http://www.xkcd.com/764/
Dear editors of Homeopathy Monthly: I have two small corrections for your July issue. One, it's spelled "echinacea", and two, homeopathic medicines are no better than placebos and your entire magazine is a sham.
http://www.xkcd.com/765/
The exact cause of the phenomenon is unknown, but it's thought to be linked to atmospheric refraction and you getting a really cool car.
http://www.xkcd.com/766/
Mr. Rogers projected an air of genuine, unwavering, almost saintly pure-hearted decency. But when you look deeper, at the person behind the image ... that's exactly what you find there, too. He's exactly what he appears to be.
http://www.xkcd.com/767/
College Board issues aside, I have fond memories oi TI-BASIC, writing in it a 3D graphing engine and a stock market analyzer. With enough patience, I could make anything ... but friends. (Although with my chatterbot experiments, I certainly tried.)
http://www.xkcd.com/768/
They offered to make me a green beret, but I liked my regular one. Although it gets kind of squashed under my helmet.
http://www.xkcd.com/769/
You know that I'll never leave you. Not as long as she's with someone.
http://www.xkcd.com/770/
The same people who spend their weekends at the Blogger Reenactment Festivals will whine about the anachronisms in historical movies, but no one else will care.
http://www.xkcd.com/771/
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