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Oxymorons
Message de sabrix91 posté le 12-01-2007 à 22:33:29 (S | E | F | I)
Hello
I give you some oxymorons if you don't know these rethorical figures"
those are contradictory words like :
pretty ugly !
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Modifié par bridg le 12-01-2007 23:13
OXYMORON:
"A rhetorical figure in which an epigrammatic effect is created by the conjunction of incongruous or contradictory terms"
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Message de sabrix91 posté le 12-01-2007 à 22:33:29 (S | E | F | I)
Hello
I give you some oxymorons if you don't know these rethorical figures"
those are contradictory words like :
pretty ugly !
virtual reality
working vacation
same difference
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Modifié par bridg le 12-01-2007 23:13
OXYMORON:
"A rhetorical figure in which an epigrammatic effect is created by the conjunction of incongruous or contradictory terms"
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Réponse: Oxymorons de traviskidd, postée le 13-01-2007 à 01:51:34 (S | E)
My personal favorite is "military intelligence"!
Réponse: Oxymorons de jonquille, postée le 13-01-2007 à 02:18:08 (S | E)
Another one that some consider as an oxymoron: "common sense"
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