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[Bob Haskell]

Patrick,

Here you go:

An oxymoron (plural "oxymora") (noun) is a figure of speech that combines
two normally contradictory terms (e.g. "deafening silence"). Oxymoron is a
Greek term derived from oxy ("sharp") and moros ("dull"). Oxymora are a
proper subset of the expressions called contradiction in terms. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron

Bob



Quinn, Patrick wrote:
> G'day
> 
> What a great language English is. I wonder what the roots are for
> oxymoron?
> 
> Any lexicographers out there?
> 
> Hoo Roo
> 
> Patrick Quinn