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Oxy the Moron! Part III
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Yes he's back, back again. Oxy's back, back again! Here are five more for you to figure out.
Task (same as always...):
Can you figure out which well known oxymorons these words are?
Ex) Initial facsimile = original copy
1) Latest ritual
2) Average huge
3) Juvenile grown-up
4) Factual deceptions
5) Unwell fitness
Task (same as always...):
Can you figure out which well known oxymorons these words are?
Ex) Initial facsimile = original copy
1) Latest ritual
2) Average huge
3) Juvenile grown-up
4) Factual deceptions
5) Unwell fitness
Answer
1) New tradition2) Medium large
3) Young adult
4) True lies
5) Ill health
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Next I want to see he back! back again agian agian agian again again again again again again again again! C'eep 'em 'com'in!
I liked these! good job.
i dont get it maybe it is cause i have not read the other 2 im confused
Great teaser!!! I liked it.... but it was tough for me too, as I didn't see the previous ones either. And even though I understood it, I wasn't looking for the right kind of expressions. More please!!!!
Horses rock, the point of these teasers is to, keeping the same meanings as the provided words, come up with what common oxymorons they represent.
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
Great one, keep these coming
Way to go sword, very enjoyable. Keep up the good work.
As always awful good.
I WIN!
That was fun and took about a minute. COOL yay!
Oh and if some people missed it, an oxymoron is two words together that seem to mean opposite things... like friendly fire... or military intelligence okay so I'm being silly with those.
There was a poem I read once that refered to "effervescent death" and I think that one is also quite cool too.
That was fun and took about a minute. COOL yay!
Oh and if some people missed it, an oxymoron is two words together that seem to mean opposite things... like friendly fire... or military intelligence okay so I'm being silly with those.
There was a poem I read once that refered to "effervescent death" and I think that one is also quite cool too.
WO BU MING BAI
Thoughtful, as always.
I like. Great job.
That was cool i only sorted out 2 it was fun though
great teaser!! It wasn't hard, but very fun!! GoOd JoB!!!
I love these! Got all but one (couldn't figure out the medium/large one... guess I just never use/hear the term). Definitely keep em' comin'
i loved it
Great! I love these!!
Google oxymorons and they are all there; if you got the time to search and figure; but that takes the fun out of solving.
good one- although young adult really isn't an oxymoron- keep 'em coming!
Whether "youngAdult" is or isn't an oxymoron, Google says it is; so there.
I love these! i got them all right! good job keep em comin!!
Cool cool
Not so good as the other ones. Better luck next time.
Pretty good, but not as good...Overall, GOOD!
I thank everyone for the positive comments and constructive criticism!
What do you mean, "not as good"?. It was great! Oxy's are clever and fun. I loved it and can't wait for 4.
P.S. And forgot to mention..I didn't get #1.
Gr8 One!
I LOVE these!!
Keem 'em comin'!
Keem 'em comin'!
Your right young adult isn't an oxymoron, and just because google says it is doesn't make it true. The rest were good though!
Actually, it is. If you are young, you are a kid and obviously that is the opposite of adult. The meaning used of young adult is not oxymoronic (is that a word?)
If "oxymoronic" isn't a word, it SHOULD be. I LOVE it!
... but going further with "young" ... a "young" person may not be a "kid." For example, if you are 25 or so years younger than I am, I might consider you "young," but you may not be a "kid." Know what I mean?
This is all new to me. Having fun trying to get brain teasers.
Loved it. Took me a while to work a couple out, but did get them. More, please?
OK, someone please tell me, what does "WO BU MING BAI" mean???
I've seen it as a comment on a couple teasers.
I've seen it as a comment on a couple teasers.
I'm not sure but i think "WO BU MING BAI" means "I don't understand"
good one! Oxymorons are always amusing to hear and wonder how they came about.
That was pretty good.
Liked it, got all but "Medium Large". Never heard of that one.
Don't really see most of these as being oxymorons. Young Adult certainly is not- young simply modifies the relative age of "adult". Same as new tradition..at one point all traditions must be new. Ill Health is completely acceptable. Those two words don't contradict each other. Healthy, maybe, but not health. For the other two, I'm unaware of their usage, but I guess they fit.
I only got two exactly right. I put "last rites" for the first one, and only got 1/2 of the other two.
If was fun, though, and your answers were better than mine.
Good job - thanks!
If was fun, though, and your answers were better than mine.
Good job - thanks!
I have to agree with ol' johnny galt; not really oxymorons and not really common. Oh, and friendly fire isn't one either; friendly enemy maybe; Sorry.
I got a cuple, had trouble with a couple. Not the easiest.
For number 5, 'ill health', I'd say it's not an oxy moron. "Ill' as an adjective modifies 'health'. 'Health' is a state of being-it can be good or bad. Otherwise pretty fair oxy morons.
I guess we're still taking huge liberties with the definition of oxymoron. Saying that Google matches something is worse than saying it was found on a wiki. If I Google for purple walrus and get hits it doesn't mean they really exist.
1) New tradition (not bad)
2) Medium large (a size between medium and large, therefore NOT an oxymoron it's medium-large.)
3) Young adult (a very logical modifier of the adult age range)
4) True lies (this is a commercial film title that seems to have little or no other linguistic usage to support it as an oxymoron.)
5) Ill health (ill means poor in this case not sickness so, again, NOT an oxymoron)
The pointedly clever juxtaposition of two words that would normally contradict each other - such as wise foolishness - make an oxymoron.
-Meeting one's future spouse online is becoming something of a new tradition.
-My friend and I started a new company and we're calling it Circle Square.
The latter example is a false or fabricated oxymoron like the movie title from the puzzle. You can't just stick two opposite words together, it has to reveal an actual clever concept. The same goes for leaving out portions of a phrase to make it seem more like an oxymoron. These are like the "medium to large" example above which is a (non contradictory) midpoint description of a size range.
The former example which matches the first clue seems fine to me. It will eventually become less true but it is a fair use of the concept.
An oxymoron should not arise from the misuse of the meaning of either word in the stated context. A holey demon is one with many perforations - it is not an oxymoron. A holy demon would be an oxymoron IF you could give it some novel clever context where the term makes actual sense. Just putting the two words next to each other does not qualify.
1) New tradition (not bad)
2) Medium large (a size between medium and large, therefore NOT an oxymoron it's medium-large.)
3) Young adult (a very logical modifier of the adult age range)
4) True lies (this is a commercial film title that seems to have little or no other linguistic usage to support it as an oxymoron.)
5) Ill health (ill means poor in this case not sickness so, again, NOT an oxymoron)
The pointedly clever juxtaposition of two words that would normally contradict each other - such as wise foolishness - make an oxymoron.
-Meeting one's future spouse online is becoming something of a new tradition.
-My friend and I started a new company and we're calling it Circle Square.
The latter example is a false or fabricated oxymoron like the movie title from the puzzle. You can't just stick two opposite words together, it has to reveal an actual clever concept. The same goes for leaving out portions of a phrase to make it seem more like an oxymoron. These are like the "medium to large" example above which is a (non contradictory) midpoint description of a size range.
The former example which matches the first clue seems fine to me. It will eventually become less true but it is a fair use of the concept.
An oxymoron should not arise from the misuse of the meaning of either word in the stated context. A holey demon is one with many perforations - it is not an oxymoron. A holy demon would be an oxymoron IF you could give it some novel clever context where the term makes actual sense. Just putting the two words next to each other does not qualify.
Sorry, I have to agree with "eamon", oxymorons must be by definition objective; most of these are subjective/relative?
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