Braingle: 'Cryptoxymorography V' Brain Teaser

Cryptoxymorography V

In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.

Puzzle ID:	#27705
Fun:	(2.71)
Difficulty:	(2.74)
Category:	Cryptography
Submitted By:	bigSWAFF_69_
Corrected By:	MarcM1098

Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase.

Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way.

Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters.

Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code.

1. ozgwcx udoexzl

2. Oguhaeob Ubkzacf

3. oipszzl kwwy

4. jzobq udrhuccawb

5. ezoccae bwnuz

6. yhl iabu

7. phuutuh jshb

8. zanu huewhyabk

9. ciuux cwhhwi

10. iwhqabk noeoxawb

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Comments

sugarnspice4u7 Dec 28, 2005	wow well since im 1st here i rate it good.
irar1792 Jan 01, 2006	okay, so it might be that its almost midnight and im tired, but this seemed extremely hard however, OXYMORONS RULE!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
froggygg Jan 02, 2006	Great teaser swaffy!
Brainy_1 Jan 11, 2006	I love oxymorons!! Great teaser!!
paul726 Mar 01, 2006	Very good! And I found them difficult to get started too.
lmurray Jun 27, 2006	WITH THE HINT, TOO EASY, WITHOUT THE HINT, TOO TIME COMSUMMING. I HATE THE CRYPTOGRAPHY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LOGICAL NOR INTUTIVE. BUT SOME OF YOU SEEM TO LIKE IT. OXYMORONS ARE ALWAYS FUN.
HScott13 Jun 27, 2006	Loved it. Needed some thought, but a great way to start the day. My kind of teaser.
OldChinaHand Jun 27, 2006	I see the gold has turn to lead. But we had one golden moment in the sun. A.M. Brainglers, this teaser might need a second cup of 'joe' ... but worth the effort.
HScott13 Jun 27, 2006	I agree with IMurry that the hint makes it too easy, but then I didn't look at it until after I'd answered the teaser and read his comment. However I disagree about cryptography. Cryptography is pure logic. The most common letter in the English language is E, therefore the letter that appears most often is (logically) most likely to be E. The rest follows along the same lines, the logic of how often letters appear and in what sequence as compared to the English language as a whole. So cryptography is one of the most logical types of puzzles around. That's what I like about them.
Neek Jun 27, 2006	hmmm...I was going to completely agree with Imurray, but after reading the last comment, I might actually try to solve them next time. I had never thought of them as being logic puzzles, but that makes sense.
coachpisco Jun 27, 2006	I'm bad at this type of teaser.
locutus13ds Jun 27, 2006	Well there's a few million brain cells I'll never use again..oooph!
kcheer2493 Jun 27, 2006	I agree with Imurray 1000%. it wasa good job though! Keep up the good work and good teaser anyway!
nu_rob_roy Jun 27, 2006	Imurray, you write about lack of logic, but where is the logic in contributing nothing but negative criticism and shouting as loud as possible? All of these teases, you say, are too easy for you and yet here you are back day after day criticizing and shouting. This is logical? For many who come here, English is a second or third language and these so call 'TOO EASY' ones, might offer some real teaser solvers a challenge. This one took a while but as irar1792 said, OXYMORONS RULE!!! I say this was well done.
Pizzazz2u Jun 27, 2006	Oxys are ALWAYS supreme, in fun and making the mind work. Hints generally do make puzzles too easy...especially, if you work cryptos and c-word puzzles. These came easy to me, because you look for patterns. Magnificently Spectacular work, keep it up! Challenge the others to enter a tougher version of these puzzles. When you are a solver, anything is easy to crack;-)~
bradon182001 Jun 27, 2006	I have no clue even how to start to figure out one of these teasers.Interesting comments from others about them, tho.One day I'll take the time and effort to try.
scallio Jun 27, 2006	Very tough. These cryptograms without sentences are a killer. I need the sentence format if I'm to forego the hints! I tried to use just a couple of the hint letters... then I ended up using all of them! Great teaser, Swaff.
bandnerdnproud7 Jun 27, 2006	Teasers like this are so hard, but I like reading the oxymorons! Thanks for the teaser!
cox_94 Jun 27, 2006	I agree with bandnersproud I didn't answer one of the teasers correctly but they are fun!!
tonjawithaj Jun 27, 2006	Love it!
De1charlie Jun 27, 2006	The whole thing was completly hard but it was still fun to figure out
xolilangel827ox Jun 27, 2006	first of all i loooovvvee oxymorons!!! im not to good at cryptography but i still got them all right but i had to use the hint! great job i really love these teasers!!
jabdr Jun 27, 2006	Soooo good and soooo fun. My father could work these out in his head but I still need to write them down and play with them. The hint made it a write-in for crypt solvers, and I looked not thinking it would give the vowels. Please do more and I'll know not to look. FANTASTIC
thelordnyax Jun 28, 2006	i like oxymorons...unfortunately these aren't all oxymorons: American English freezer burn... (awful could also mean inspring awe, full of awe) ...yeah
vlerma Jun 28, 2006	You got another one on the boards Swaff. I do love the teasers, they take some work, but are enjoyable.