Like jumbo shrimp, water-proof teabags, blacklights, brittney spears with a Harvard tshirt, ect.
2006-09-14 12:12:11 · 9 answers · asked by a_pheonix_boy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Bill Gates. He named a program "Microsoft Works"
2006-09-14 12:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by Ivan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An oxymoron (plural oxymora or, more commonly, oxymorons) (noun) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms (e.g. "deafening silence") to make a point.
Oxymoron is a Greek term derived from oxy ("sharp") and moros ("dull" or "dumb" ), which means the word is an oxymoron.
Oxymorons are a proper subset of the expressions called contradiction in terms. What distinguishes oxymora from other paradoxes and contradictions is that they are used intentionally, for rhetorical effect, and the contradiction is only apparent, as the combination of terms provides a novel expression of some concept, such as "cruel to be kind".
Its all greek to me :P
2006-09-14 20:41:41 · answer #2 · answered by D K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what the dictionary says, it looks like the Greeks
Main Entry: ox·y·mo·ron
Pronunciation: "äk-sE-'mor-"än
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ox·y·mo·ra /-'mor-&/
Etymology: Late Greek oxymOron, from neuter of oxymOros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + mOros foolish
: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements
- ox·y·mo·ron·ic /-m&-'rä-nik, -mo-/ adjective
- ox·y·mo·ron·i·cal·ly /-ni-k(&-)lE/ adverb
2006-09-14 19:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by kimberleibenton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That question sounds like that came out of a Steven Wright monologue...
2006-09-14 20:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by Heidimax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm wikipedia would be better for that maybe, but maybe it was that guy who sells Oxy-Clean! because when i think of oxygen(our air) i think of Clean!!......that stuff doesn't even work anyway
2006-09-14 19:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxy.
2006-09-14 19:13:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the smart mron invented it
2006-09-14 19:16:42 · answer #7 · answered by qwerty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What moron asked this question? Oh, wait...it was you.
2006-09-14 19:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by ♥M.a.s.q.u.e.r.a.d.e.™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oxy. duh.
2006-09-14 19:13:44 · answer #9 · answered by Aim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋