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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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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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There is a name of a U.S. state that is akin to an oxymoron, being two antonyms separated by a single vowel.
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sorry. I am a nook. or would that be I am nook? 
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The ones I had when posting were bridegroom, ballpoint & bittersweet.
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antidisestablishmentarianism? Welcome, clockwatcher...and hop right on board our Merry Wordsters Bus! 
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don't any of you that can't think of examples care enough to take the Lederer link??I, for one, was trying to come up with something on my own, good buddy.
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I took the Lederer link but.
I am no wiser for an answer to the question - what did I miss?
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