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#112857 09/29/03 04:45 AM
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Hi. I'm wondering if anyone out there knows what the longest single word oxymoron in the English language is?
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Spencer


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single word oxymoron
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maybe I just ain't awake yet, but, I can't think of any...



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"postmodernism" is 13 letters long.


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Well, welcome c1ockwatcher. I don't have any oxymorons to submit yet, at least not any single-word ones.


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MicrosoftWorks?

or is that two words? sumnthem be sumnthem baint

welcome clockwatcher, Lederer has this to say
http://wordways.com/oxymoron.htm

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Thanks for all the replies :)


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Hi, c1ockwatcher. I can't think of any examples; did you have any words in mind when you brought this up?


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Hi C1 - can't offer you anything but a word of advice for when you find your hardworking ox:

When I make a word do a lot of work like that, I always pay it extra.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Through the Looking Glass



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I guess I'm having trouble thinking of single-word oxymorons. aren't most of them at least two words?



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don't any of you that can't think of examples care enough to take the Lederer link??


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