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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Pleonasm vs. oxymoron #194633 12/06/2010 1:25 PM Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 CT reads2much stranger reads2much stranger Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 CT Is this the opposite of oxymoron? How about pairs of pleonasms and oxymorons that are somewhat related to each other? Last edited by reads2much; 12/06/2010 1:26 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron reads2much #194634 12/06/2010 1:50 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth How about...an extra surplus of smart/casual clothes ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron reads2much #194636 12/06/2010 2:09 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Is this the opposite of oxymoron? I do not think so. A oxymoron can be pleonastic, too. The interesting thing I find about both terms is that some take them as negative phenomena. In rhetoric, there is nothing inherently wrong with oxymora or pleonasmata. They are just rhetorical devices like synecdoche or zeugma. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron reads2much #194641 12/06/2010 4:01 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: reads2much Is this the opposite of oxymoron? How about pairs of pleonasms and oxymorons that are somewhat related to each other? WELCOME R2M ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron bexter #194679 12/07/2010 9:08 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand so therefore oxymoron is indeed an oxymoron I think it was accidentally on purpose. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron bexter #194717 12/09/2010 11:32 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Originally Posted By: bexter oxymoron is one of my favourite words purely because it does, quite literally do what is says on the tin.. I cant believe I didn't know that.....that the word was, in itself an oxymoron. I have loved oxymoron words for ages and collect them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron Candy #194786 12/10/2010 1:24 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I have loved oxymoron words for ages and collect them. Well, you have found some friends here, that's for sure! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron olly #194924 12/13/2010 9:36 PM Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 CT reads2much stranger reads2much stranger Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 CT Good one! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleonasm vs. oxymoron bexter #194925 12/13/2010 9:37 PM Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 CT reads2much stranger reads2much stranger Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 CT Oxymoron = an Oxymoron. I also did not know that. Thanks! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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. 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