let's talk about oxymoron
For those who might not sure what oxymoron is; it is a collocation of words that have contradictory or sharply incongruous.I am sure some my friends here have few or even lots of oxymoron that they can share with us.
I would like to share some.I am sure there're lots out there but I will write 10 that came to mind mine.. and will add up later on after I receive some responses from you.
Tight slacks
Definite maybe
Pretty ugly
Twelve-ounce pound cake
Diet ice cream
Rap music
Working vacation
Exact estimate
Religious tolerance
and my favourite - Microsoft Works:lol:
Come to think of this, I am sure that there's been a number of times you've been using oxymoron without even realize it... ;P is it close to being redundant?
like
return back
orange colour/
okay
a fish ( singular)
when to use the plural form of fish?
has there been phrases like many Fish(es)...
Reply #2 mbhcsf's post
oxymoron is not a redundantsuch as an example you gave - return back; it is more like 2 words that have an opposite meaning..Lemme think of another one -a ha Jumbo shrimp...
Jumbo is big, shrimp is small and yet we use that word quite often...
another examplebittersweet...
either it is bitteror it is sweetbut we use one word to describe a sentiment or a type of chocolate:bittersweet..
Regarding fishes, "fishes" is used like "peoples" - not to denote the plural or the word"fish" or "person", but to indicate different types of those things,like the peoples of the world or the fishes of the ocean.
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