“Miltary intelligence” and “Criminal Justice” are given as examples of…?
Oxymorons.
Thank you.
I owe you a beer or RC cola or whatever.
Thanks again.
“Contradictions in terms” as well.
Like perspicacious Dionaea muscipula.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Aesiron may look and talk like a dummy, but make no mistake…he is a dummy.
As opposed to a redundancy, such as “insurance fraud.”
Could you post that again?
My favorite oxymoron:
“Christian Science”
While “military intelligence” and such are often touted as oxymorons, they are not oxymorons in the literary sense. They are jokes/political statements presented as purported oxymorons. For examples of true oxymorons, check here
Thank you, GaryT. You’re right – “military intelligence” is not an oxymoron, nor is “jumbo shrimp.”
I think ‘jumbo shrimp’ is a lot closer to being an oxymoron… it would be if you were referring to a person, after all… (ie a shrimp as in a small or short person.) But jumbo shrimp in terms of shellfish is not oxymoronic.
I don’t think you could find a dictionary definition of “military” that comes out as an opposite to ‘intelligent’ without a LOT of stretching, on the other hand.
Of course not, I hoped they would get my answer quickly as it is often used in jest. Mrs. Plant asked me for the term and as is usual where Mrs. Plant is concerned my mind went blank.
Thanks again.
Not quite – fixed link.
Maybe whether or not this is a “true” oxymoron belongs in Great Debates, but my favorite example is:
Justice Renquist
C’mon… it’s funny!
And here I thought the original link (which took me to a page advertising Microsoft Windows’ Anti-Spyware capability) was one of the cleverest damn things I’d ever seen.
‘Non-repetitive tautology’ is an oxymoron.
‘Slef-opposing oxymoron’ is a tautology.
Thank you.