Er...whats an.......?

[deltaf]

What exactly IS an oxymoron?
I have visions of some bespectacled Nova boy smearing an anti acne preparation on his spotty fizzog.
All answers and attempts to edjucate this hopeless case will be well recieved.

[Bodo]

An oxymoron is a contradiction in a juxtaposition

[deltaf]

Whats a juxtaposition?

[Bodo]

A rock band: www.juxt.co.uk

[hut49]

So's oxymoron www.oxys.de/

[gnomesmith]

A dull TVR.

(I was going to say a reliable TVR but I understand they are now much better).

[apache]

er, the pubs are open chaps

[outlaw]

What exactly IS an oxymoron?
I have visions of some bespectacled Nova boy smearing an anti acne preparation on his spotty fizzog.
All answers and attempts to edjucate this hopeless case will be well recieved.

a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

[angusfaldo]

outlaw said:

What exactly IS an oxymoron?
I have visions of some bespectacled Nova boy smearing an anti acne preparation on his spotty fizzog.
All answers and attempts to edjucate this hopeless case will be well recieved.

a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

Jeez Outlaw, that is the single most coherent thing I have ever seen you post.

Send that man a fiver!

[deltaf]

Im stunned!
Outlaw mate have a beer on me!lololol nice one!

Er....ahem, whats incongruous mean?lolololololo

>> Edited by deltaf on Saturday 8th February 22:45

[Graham.J]

There are lots of oxymorons in Romeo and Juliet, or was it Macbeth in his soliloquy's.

A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

Edited to add: It WAS Romeo and Juliet.

>> Edited by Graham.J on Saturday 8th February 23:43

[beano500]

deltaf said: Im stunned!
Outlaw mate have a beer on me!lololol nice one!

Er....ahem, whats incongruous mean?lolololololo

>> Edited by deltaf on Saturday 8th February 22:45

incongruous

= an individual who makes up a line of people who dance round a room in various states of inebriation uttering, totally tunelessly, the immortal lines la, la, la, la, la, la, LA..la, la, la, la, la, la, LA..over and over and over and over again

or was that "in a conga"? I get so confused!

Nursie, can I have my pills please?

[joust]

outlaw said: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

To be 100% correct Monsieur Outlaw, it also has to be rhetorical.

"A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined."

Examples are
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[lotusguy]

joust said:

outlaw said: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

To be 100% correct Monsieur Outlaw, it also has to be rhetorical.

"A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined."

Examples are
acute dullness · act naturally · Advanced BASIC · airline food · almost exactly · alone together · Amtrak schedule · bittersweet · boring court jester · briefing · British fashion · business ethics · butthead · cafeteria food · calm wind · cardinal sin · casual sex · cheerleading scholarship · childproof · Christian Scientists · civil engineer · clean coal · coal mine safety · computer jock · computer security · clearly ambiguous · clearly confused · clearly misunderstood · comfortably dressed · conservative liberal · conciliation court · constant variable · constructive attitude · corporate conscience · cowardly lion · dangerously safe · deafening silence · definite maybe · deliberately thoughtless · democratic machine · designer jeans · diet ice cream · divorce court · domestic bliss · double solitaire · educational television · effective compassion · essential service · even odds · exact estimate · extensive briefing · extinct life · family vacation · fan fatale · federal budget · fish farm · flexible ethics · found missing · free love · freezer burn · french deodorant · fresh-frozen · friendly fire · friendly takeover · funky white guy · genuine imitation · genuine imitation naughahide · good grief · good shit · government organization · guest host · healthy chocolate · hells angels · holy war · half naked · home office · humanitarian invasion · idiot savant · ill health · industrial park · instant classic · intense apathy · jumbo shrimp · justice rehnquist · larger half · least favorite · legally drunk · light rock · linear curve · liquid gas · lite beer · little giants · living dead · long sleeved t-shirt · loud librarian · managed competition · marital bliss · Microsoft Works · mild interest · mild mannered reporter · military intelligence · minor crisis · minor miracle · misanthropic humanitarian · modern history · moral majority · natural blonde · new classic · New York culture · non-alcoholic beer · non-alcoholic wine · non-dairy creamer · non-working mother · normal deviation · obscene art · old news · only choice · on-time airplane · on-time musical production · on-time train · open secret · original copies · original reprint · oxymoron · paid volunteer · passive aggression · peace offensive · peacekeeper missile · plastic glasses · plastic silverware · player coach · player piano · polite salesman · political science · post feminist · postal service · pretty ugly · private citizen · qualified success · randomly organized · rap music · Reagan Democrat · real potential · religious tolerance · republican party · resident alien · rock opera · rolling stop · rush hour · sad clown · safe sex · sanitary landfill · sanitary sewer · same difference · scheduled spontaneity · scientific belief · second best · sensitive guy · serious musician · seriously funny · silent scream · simply superb · small crowd · socialist market economy · soft rock · software documentation · standard deviation · straight angle · student athlete · study outside · successful suicide · sweet sorrow · sweet tart · synthetic natural gas · Tame cat · taped live · temporary tax increase · terribly enjoyable · terribly pleased · tight slacks · tragic comedy · train schedule · trial separation · turbo diesel · twelve-ounce pound cake · unbiased opinion · uncrowned king · unhappily married · united nations · unsellable stock · unsung hero · vaguely aware · virtual reality · war games · wholesome · working vacation

Joust,

Nice list but don't forget: Jumbo Shrimp, Living Dead, Deregulation Law, Fresh Frozen, Peace Force, Auto Pilot, Bass Guitar, Curved Line, Horse Fly, Steel Wool, Turkey Ham, Work Party, Valuable Junk, Vegetarian Meatball, Loud Whisper, Recorded Live, Generally Specific, Farewell Reception, Elevated Subway, Clever Fool, Girly Man, Casual Dress, Random Order, Terribly Enjoyable, Conservative Liberal, Distant Relative, Fast Walk, Deliberate Mistake and on and on... Jim'85TE

[hut49]

How ironic that one of the rhetorical concepts you listed is "united nations". So we're about to go to war provided we have the backing of an oxymoron

Hutch

[joust]

hut49 said: How ironic that one of the rhetorical concepts you listed is "united nations". So we're about to go to war provided we have the backing of an oxymoron

[deltaf]

Maaaaaan, a guy posts a reasonable enough question, and gets bogged down in incongruous chit chat,and starts to feel oxymoronical.....or is that just rhetorical?

[hut49]

what's incongruous?

[gnomesmith]

The Queen driving a Caterham.

[Marshy]

lotusguy said:Bass Guitar

Er, what? So the word "guitar" encompasses not just general construction but pitch also? What about ordinary guitars tuned into open/alternate tunings?