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Bert | 23:31 Mon 30th Sep 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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I know what an oxymoron is. Does anyone out there have a list of genuine ones , such as 'bitter sweet relationship', 'deafening silence', 'idiot-savant' and/or any funny ones such as 'military intelligence', 'civil servant'?
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See http://www.oxymorons.com/oxymorons.html for a whole list of them.
23:46 Mon 30th Sep 2002
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A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist
00:48 Tue 01st Oct 2002
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"microsoft works" is my personal favourite
18:11 Tue 01st Oct 2002
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In response to bobbobley can I just say the perfect oxymoron is sensitive man
22:49 Thu 03rd Oct 2002
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Leisure pursuit anyone?
23:17 Sat 05th Oct 2002

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