OXYMORONS
Mike and Morgan explore the pitfalls of the
English language, because so many words are misused. From words that sound alike, to ones that
almost sound alike—redundancies, oxymorons and words that don’t really exist
but are used every day. The list goes
on, and we’re going to have fun with them in every issue
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s with many other literary and rhetorical devices, oxymorons are used for a variety of purposes.
Sometimes they are used to create some sort of drama for the reader or
listener, and sometimes they are used to make the person stop and think,
whether it's to laugh or to ponder.
One
famous oxymoron is the phrase "the same difference." This phrase
qualifies as an oxymoron because the words "same" and
"difference" have completely opposite meanings. Therefore, bringing
them together into one phrase produces a verbally puzzling, yet engaging,
effect.
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