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What is the only true oxymoron? |
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An oxymoron is not limited to one word, it is a meaning of two words that are completely opposite like jumbo shrimp.
Oxymorons are technically impossible. Therefore jumbo shrimp is not an oxymoron. Shrimp is the name of an animal and that animal can be jumbo. Deafening silence is a much better example.
An Oxymoron, ( plural oxymorons, and the rarely used Oxymora) is a figure of speech that combines two words normally contradictory terms Famous oxy morons by George Carlin include Militery Intelligence and Jumbo Shrimp. I took the libery of using Jumbo Shrimp from memory and not a list everything else i took from the internet on oxymoron .I have wondered if a person who takes Oxycondins is an Oxymoron?
Also jumbo means large and shrimp means small. Literally this phrase means large-small. In this usage it refers to the largest of a small seafood called "Shrimp" so it does make sense. Qudos to George Carlin. We miss you pardner
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