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Meaning and usage of Oxymoron

November 9th, 2010 7 comments

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The ten-year-old pointed out that nothing could be found missing and you have to agree that’s very true indeed – that is, if you do not embrace the oxymoron.

Is the oxymoron clearly misunderstood less understood than the plain-vanilla misunderstood?

“May I say without rancor,” said the one nominees who did not make it to the final winners’ list, “However proficient, Mr Gung-Ho – the winner – is in acting, he could not have acted naturally in the movie for that is an oxymoron.”

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