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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----
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