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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 22:41:14 GMT 7
The rhetorical term oxymoron, made up of two Greek words meaning "sharp" and "dull," is itself oxymoronic. As you probably remember from school, an oxymoron is a compressed paradox: a figure of speech in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. British writer Thomas Gibbons characterized the figure as "sense in the masquerade of folly."The oxymoron has also been called "the show-off" figure, one that gives voice to life's inherent conflicts and incongruities.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 22:45:52 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 23:12:12 GMT 7
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Post by Johnny on Apr 13, 2015 23:36:56 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 23:42:34 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 23:46:24 GMT 7
Constitutional Monarchy
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 15:31:00 GMT 7
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Post by Krisb on Apr 14, 2015 16:56:03 GMT 7
Women Driver
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Post by Johnny on Apr 14, 2015 19:50:12 GMT 7
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Post by geeweez on Apr 14, 2015 19:54:19 GMT 7
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Post by Johnny on Apr 14, 2015 19:56:14 GMT 7
American English
(Sorry if anyone is offended)
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