@masterskrain Jumbo shrimp is real… I used to catch them in fla off a causeway bridge and it wasn’t unusual at all to get shrimp 8-10" long…. Don’t see them anymore though as the netters don’t let them live long enough to grow anymore. Advanced Basic is real too. Compare the original versions with what BASIC is capable of today. It is very advanced compared to what it use to be. Not trying to be picky but those two really didn’t belong on your list
Perhaps a little study into the difference between a Paradox and an Oxymoron might be in order? For example: Military Intelligence is a paradox as is sanitary landfill mentioned down a couple of comments by vtdba. Both are arguments of contradiction while jumbo shrimp could be an oxymoron as directly opposite in meaning. Sadly, I think Squirrel Logic would be a paradox and not an oxymoron.
Actually “Sanitary Landfill” is an Oxymoron NOT a paradox.
The best way to understand if a figure of speech is an oxymoron is to look, they come in two words. The first word and the second word used in an oxymoron will have completely different meanings. The two words stand opposite to each other."
Paradox consists of a whole sentence. Oxymoron on the other hand comes with only two words that contradicts itself. In simple words, Paradox is considered to be an action that is contradictory and oxymoron is a description of a phrase, which is contradictory.
juicebruce over 9 years ago
In season is fine Hammy.
gcwh over 9 years ago
Awww, come on. Who among us (in the Northern areas) didn’t store a few snowballs in the freezer for that summer surprise ambush?
bubbareb over 9 years ago
So thats where baby glaciers come from …
vtdba over 9 years ago
@masterskrain
You left out my favorite – “Sanitary Landfill”
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
That’s the fridge, not the freezer, fools.
nosirrom over 9 years ago
And don’t forget “Good Morning”.
hippogriff over 9 years ago
masterskrain: You left out athletic scholarship.
Black4dder over 9 years ago
I had a text book, “Basic Complex Analysis” that should be on the list.
fleebell over 9 years ago
@masterskrain Jumbo shrimp is real… I used to catch them in fla off a causeway bridge and it wasn’t unusual at all to get shrimp 8-10" long…. Don’t see them anymore though as the netters don’t let them live long enough to grow anymore. Advanced Basic is real too. Compare the original versions with what BASIC is capable of today. It is very advanced compared to what it use to be. Not trying to be picky but those two really didn’t belong on your list
Mr. Ed over 9 years ago
Perhaps a little study into the difference between a Paradox and an Oxymoron might be in order? For example: Military Intelligence is a paradox as is sanitary landfill mentioned down a couple of comments by vtdba. Both are arguments of contradiction while jumbo shrimp could be an oxymoron as directly opposite in meaning. Sadly, I think Squirrel Logic would be a paradox and not an oxymoron.
vtdba over 9 years ago
@debauchee
Actually “Sanitary Landfill” is an Oxymoron NOT a paradox.
The best way to understand if a figure of speech is an oxymoron is to look, they come in two words. The first word and the second word used in an oxymoron will have completely different meanings. The two words stand opposite to each other."
Paradox consists of a whole sentence. Oxymoron on the other hand comes with only two words that contradicts itself. In simple words, Paradox is considered to be an action that is contradictory and oxymoron is a description of a phrase, which is contradictory.