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Two opposite meanings combined in a single expression, such as “jumbo shrimp.”?
1.onomatopoeia
2.oxymoron
3.paradox
4.logical fallacy
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Oxymoron:
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Oxymoron
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onomatopoeia – has got to be the weirdest word in your vocabulary so remember it because it is so freaky. It means the WORD sounds like the sound it represents – POP, FIZZ, snap, crackle, zip, fizzle, BOOM! CLANG!
oxymoron- two contradictory terms are combined
Paradox- a contradiction
A logical fallacy – if you eat that seed a watermelon will grow out
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2.oxymoron – for sure.
More examples are:
blue rose
Blurry vision
boneless ribs
books on tape
bigger half
dry martini
dry pond
dry snow
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As you can see… 2 is the answer… example: Senate Intelligence Committee
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Oxy Moron, like Sweet Sorrow
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ox·y·mo·ron (ks-môrn, -mr-) KEY
NOUN:
pl. ox·y·mo·ra (-môr, -mr) KEY or ox·y·mo·rons
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
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#2 definitely
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