Oxymorons - contradicciones

Nevin Siders, colega traductor, envía esta enumeración a la "lista de correos" en la que estoy suscrito...

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virtual reality

original copy

old news

act naturally
pretty ugly
living dead
jumbo shrimp
rolling stop
constant variable
exact estimate
paid volunteers
civil war
sound of silence
clever fool
only choice



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Según el sitio answers.com, "Oxymoron" se define así: n., pl., -mo·ra (-môr'ə, -mōr'ə), or -rons.



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


[Greek oxumōron, from neuter of oxumōros, pointedly foolish : oxus, sharp; see oxygen + mōros, foolish, dull.]


oxymoronic ox'y·mo·ron'ic (-mə-rŏn'ĭk) adj.


oxymoronically ox'y·mo·ron'i·cal·ly adv.


Wordsmith Words: oxymoron  (ok-see-MOR-on, -mor-)


noun, plural oxymora or oxymorons


A figure of speech in which two contradictory terms appear together for emphasis, for example, "deafening silence".


Etymology


From Greek oxymoron, from neuter of oxymoros (sharp dull), from oxys (sharp) + moros (dull). The word moron comes from the same root