You oxymoron!

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house of lime and 'the joys of teens'..


Reading the post I said out loud and laughing,


'the joys of teens! Isn't that an oxymoron...?'


The teens and I then went on to discuss Irony and Oxymorons and Sarcasm in the same 15 minute period... of course this maybe perceived with humour and experience as an Oxymoron, I guess in grammatical terms it is not. Or am I being moronic?


Over to WIKi to clarify..


An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. Oxymoron is a loanword from Greek oxy ("sharp" or "pointed") and moros ("dull").
  • Deafening silence
  • Sweet sorrow
  • Forward retreat
  • Accidentally on Purpose
  • Bittersweet
  • Controlled chaos
  • Icy hot
  • Living dead
  • Open secret
  • Organized mess
  • Plastic glass
  • Same difference
Interestingly the word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron.

Comments

  1. Tim Atkinson8:25 am, April 20, 2009

    Oxy-moronic, maybe!

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  2. Jinksy9:03 am, April 20, 2009

    The word oxymoron immediated brings to my mind a picture of a silly cow, if you get my drift?!

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  3. Daryl1:16 pm, April 20, 2009

    I know many oxymorons ....

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  4. Suburbia3:55 pm, April 20, 2009

    Bless them, I bet they are a constant joy to you really!!

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  5. GreenJello4:23 pm, April 20, 2009

    My 16 year old asked me the other day what the difference was between an 'oxymoron' and a 'contradiction of words'.

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  6. Suldog4:33 pm, April 20, 2009

    This post was mind-numbingly thought-provoking.

    (Not really, but best oxymoron I could come up with on the run.)

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  7. ADDY4:39 pm, April 20, 2009

    Oxymoron? Not something to do with mad cows then?

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  8. Anonymous6:38 pm, April 20, 2009

    Too funny! Thanks for the laugh...enjoy the kiddies while they are young....

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  9. presious7:24 pm, April 20, 2009

    Such a play on words! I love it!

    Daryl

    Do dare share my dear!

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  10. Queen-Size funny bone8:06 pm, April 20, 2009

    and the list goes on and on. I even know a few.

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  11. Woman in a Window1:13 am, April 21, 2009

    I'm unbalanced. Light on the oxy, heavy on the moron.

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  12. Janie2:22 am, April 21, 2009

    I never looked at the derivation of the word. How interesting that the word itself is oxymoronic!

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  13. Daisy9:42 am, April 21, 2009

    I love the French ones like jolie-laide and idiot-savant too! Sometimes only an oxymoron will do.

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  14. Anonymous10:19 am, April 21, 2009

    Had a 'good cry' this weekend. Thought provoking as always.

    How can we get rid of ed? He is on mine too.

    See you tomorrow,Yeaaaaaaa!!!!!

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  15. ceecee1:09 pm, April 21, 2009

    Hi Saz -
    There is always something fun going on over here! I so enjoyed your interview with David that I thought of you immediately for a wonderful award. Have some time to stop by so I can pass the baton to you? Congratulations!
    Catherine

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  16. Expat mum4:23 pm, April 21, 2009

    Oh we have them here. The most frequent oxymoron in our house is apparently "optional homework".

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  17. Saz5:27 pm, April 21, 2009

    I have reported ED, hopefully he will disappear with his silly comments

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  18. Margo5:59 pm, April 21, 2009

    I live with several oxymorons. Most days, I'm just the moron part :)

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