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Another oxymoron is "near miss."
If you think that, you have never seen me play darts! A near miss is a rare event for me, the phrase "missed by miles" is much more apt.
I truly do not think that "near miss" is either oxymoronic or tautological, as it is easily possible to miss by a degree other than "near". If I remember correctly, the aviation industry has an exact definition of "near miss", that whenever planes come within X feet of each other, it is defined as a "near miss".
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