2007-04-20 22:07:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
its a type of strange turtle that breathes out fire and likes to go clubbing every friday night.
2007-04-20 22:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by vazsingh_soorma 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. Oxymoron is a Greek term derived from oxy ("sharp") and moros ("dull"). Thus the word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron.
2007-04-20 22:10:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. Oxymoron is a Greek term derived from oxy ("sharp") and moros ("dull"). Thus the word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron.
see here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron#Deliberate_use_of_oxymorons
2007-04-20 22:10:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxymoron; figure of speech in which two ideas of opposite meaning are combined to form an expressive phase or additional, descriptive word or name.
"Cruel kindness"
2007-04-20 22:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by Shaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An oxymoron is when you combine two words or phrases that contrdict eachother.
Example:
the smart dunce
stupid professor
deafening silence
2007-04-20 22:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by blakeb155 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phrases we use where the words contradict each other. The words are opposites but still have meaning.
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Honest Crook
Jumbo Shrimp
pretty ugly
living dead
Hell's Angels
virtual reality
working holiday
crash landing
2007-04-20 22:14:00 · answer #6 · answered by JuanB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll give just one....
military intelligence... who'd think that the military would have intelligent people...(I can say this as I was in the military intel field)
2007-04-20 22:11:24 · answer #7 · answered by Boo Boo Head 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Education
2007-04-20 22:18:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
something like "military intelligence"?
Edit: me too, Boo Boo.
2007-04-20 22:14:44 · answer #9 · answered by Michael A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person on the aeroplane who doesn't know what to do when the oxygen masks fall from the ceiling.
2007-04-20 22:37:15 · answer #10 · answered by Toilet Duck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋