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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron LukeJavan8 #194671 12/07/2010 5:46 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth oxymoron is one of my favourite words purely because it does, quite literally do what is says on the tin... OXY - sharp, keen, acid and MORON - foolish or stupid (person) so therefore oxymoron is indeed an oxymoron ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Pleonasm vs. oxymoron reads2much 12/06/2010 1:25 PM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron bexter 12/06/2010 1:50 PM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron zmjezhd 12/06/2010 2:09 PM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron LukeJavan8 12/06/2010 4:01 PM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron bexter 12/07/2010 5:46 PM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron olly 12/07/2010 9:08 PM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron reads2much 12/13/2010 9:36 PM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron Candy 12/09/2010 11:32 AM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron Jackie 12/10/2010 1:24 AM Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron reads2much 12/13/2010 9:37 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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