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Oxymorons
« on: May 23, 2018, 09:17:54 am »
Could you explain the meaning of 'oxymoron' please and give some examples?  = > a combination of incongruous?

For example, Sergey Polunin, whose video dancing I posted recently, is a classic ballet dancer  but he has eight tattoos, which is considered to be out of norm and rather unexpected.
 
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2018, 03:17:50 pm »
I usually think of oxymorons as phrases like ¨jumbo shrimp¨ in which the idea of ¨jumbo¨ is incongruent with the word ¨shrimp.¨

Couldn´t think of others till I found this link, which has many examples
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2018, 03:20:06 pm »
I have never thought of things like that video as oxymorons because I thought oxymorons strictly relate to the words themselves.  I have never used the word ¨oxymoron¨ to describe situations or people, just phrases.
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« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2018, 03:13:15 pm »
Tattoos on a ballet dancer? I'd call it an incongruous juxtaposition.  ;D
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Re: Oxymorons
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2018, 05:23:29 pm »
The famous one is „flaming snowballs.“
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