metal wood
omniscient…no, I’m thinking of a word as ‘specialised/educated’ as oxymoron. I used it as a mnemonic, as in:
‘A (blank) is a contradictory oxymoron.’
I tried my thesauras - no luck. How else do you find these words…ask the SDMB, of course!
smart ass
Glee - I’ve always called those internal redundancies:
very active two-year old is my personal favorite of those.
Sue from El Paso
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Tautology!
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‘contradictory oxymoron’ is a tautology
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‘non-repetitive tautology’ is an oxymoron
loving husband.
plastic silverware
“jumbo shrimp” is not an oxymoron:
“Jumbo” = large
“shrimp” = shellfish
Nothing contradictory about that.
radar ralf’s “spoonerisms” reminded me of:
What’s the difference between the “Rockettes” and a 3-ring circus?
One of them is a cunning array of stunts!
and,
What’s the difference between a rooster and a lawyer?
One of them clucks defiance!
shiner bock, Member, posted 08-18-1999 07:36 PM
SB: you must’ve missed the show when Johnny asked Ed who is favourite guest host is. Ed answered, “Johnny Carson.”
One I heard last night at the end of a History Channel special about the '70s…
'70’s chic. BWAAAAAhahahahaha!
(For aircraft)
Near miss
ebeth, Shirley Ujest- I think you’re thinking of redundancies, not oxymorons.
Giligan- actually, a replica made by the same person as the original is authentic; one made by someone else is inauthentic.
kellibelli- isn’t that kind of a mean thing to say?
glee- “redundancy” and “tautology” aren’t quite the same thing. A tautology is statement that states an obviously true fact, e.g. “Everyone that owns a red car owns at least one car.”, “The fittest members of a species tend to reproduce more than the others.” (creationist argue that evolution is flawed because it’s based upon a tautology. In other words, it’s obviously wrong because it’s based upon an obviously true statement. ???) “contradictory oxymoron” is not a tautology because it’s not a statement. “Oxymorons are contradictory.” would be a tautology.
-Ryan
" ‘Ideas on Earth were badges of friendship or enmity. Their content did not matter.’ " -Kurt Vonnegut, * Breakfast of Champions *
The Ryan,
A fine distinction there!
Of course, I’m looking for a mnemonic using ‘tautology’ and ‘oxymoron’. How about:
a necessarily false tautology is an oxymoron
Would a ‘necessarily true tautological statement’ be a tautology?
OK, how about an altruistic shellfish?
a green (=unripe) orange?
the late General Early?
a despicable noble?
a depressed gay? (while we’re at it, how about a male Lesbian – entirely possible; The island of Lesbos must have inhabitants of both sexes)
In Canada there is a party called
Progressive Conservatives
How about
Military Intelligence
or
That guy was really dead