oxymornon

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What is an oxymornon ?

An **oxymoron** is a figure of speech when two words that contradict each other are used together

[] What are some examples of Oxymoron ?


 * **deafening silence** || **seriously funny** || **living dead** ||
 * **Microsoft Works** || **military intelligence** || **jumbo shrimp** ||
 * **Advanced BASIC** || **tragic comedy** || **unbiased opinion** ||
 * **virtual reality** || **definite maybe** || **original copies** ||
 * **pretty ugly** || **same difference** || **plastic glasses** ||
 * **almost exactly** || **constant variable** || **even odds** ||
 * **minor crisis** || **extinct life** || **genuine imitation** ||
 * **exact estimate** || **only choice** || **freezer burn** ||
 * **free love** || **working holiday** || **rolling stop** ||

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What is the difference between an oxymoron and a contridiction ?

Contridiction - the act of contradicting ; gainsaying or oppostion.

Oxymorno - a figure of speech when two words that contradict each other are used together.

What are some oxymornons in Martin Luther King's speech '' I Have a Dream.

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flames of withering injustice. long night of their captivity. beacon light of hope crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination; signing a promissory note insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred