A few days ago
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would this be an oxymoron?

I gave up on myself, but I didnèt quit.

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A few days ago
wunder_bred

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no. It’s rather more of a paradox, assuming its true. Honestly, the two clauses don’t appear to directly contradict each other, at least not without a more a context to frame them in.
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A few days ago
winterlotus
I gave up on myself = I surrender or quit.

I didn’t quit = I didn’t give up.

Yeah, oxymoron to me.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
What are you referring to when you say “but I didn’t quit”? You gave up on yourself, but I didn’t quit what? bathing, eating, reading, etc.? If referring to the first proposition then it just cancels it out. It’s basically two negatives, and two negatives make a positive. So, what you’re actually saying is that you DIDN’T quit giving up on yourself.
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A few days ago
Monica
No its not an oxymoron
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A few days ago
Anonymous
WTH iza oxymoron
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A few days ago
Sharon Newman (YR) Must Die
Sure sounds like one to me. BTW, your apostrophe function must not be working on your computer
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A few days ago
Anonymous
I think probably not as well as there aren’t two contradictory terms.

There’s an interesting website at –

http://www.oxymorons.info/

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