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To: Constitution Day

I’ve seen and heard this word misused this way many times. You gave me no reason to believe you were any smarter than the others who did so.


24 posted on 03/20/2009 11:52:56 AM PDT by 3niner (Hoover turned a recession into a depression, FDR turned it into The Great Depression)
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To: 3niner

I’ve heard it misused as well.

I am smarter than the others, however. Trust me on this.

:)


26 posted on 03/20/2009 11:55:34 AM PDT by Constitution Day ('Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt / Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt)
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To: 3niner
I’ve seen and heard this word misused this way many times.

You've actually seen someone call someone else an oxymoron?

I have seen Bugs Bunny call someone (probably Daffy Duck) a "maroon" with my own eyes, but I'm skeptical that real people would seriously misuse "oxymoron" that way.

The court demands evidence for your claim that this is a common misusage.

31 posted on 03/20/2009 12:11:41 PM PDT by Yardstick
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