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What is a zeugma?

What is a zeugma? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
  2. (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
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Zeugma Systems is led by Andrew Harries, co-founder, President and CEO and who previously co-founded Sierra Wireless Inc.
As a figure of speech the phrase the Scottish identity is not so much an oxymoron as a zeugma, since it unites widely disparate elements in a concept which, no matter how irrational, has persisted.
Mehdi joins the Zeugma Systems team from Alcatel-Lucent where he was Director, Triple Play Solutions Marketing.
We demonstrate how it contributes to the creation of zeugma and the non-availability of crossed readings.
The young prince accordingly set out, and reached the city of zeugma in safety.
If a term can be ambiguous but in a way so subtle that people miss it, then the zeugma might not be noticeable.

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