Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Oxymoron Trivia


The word oxymoron is actually an oxymoron (a literary device that presents two contrasting ideas.

Oxymoron stems out from two Greek words - Oksus (meaning sharp or keen) and moros (meaning stupid or a moron). The contrasting words are sharp and stupid.

So how on earth ... did you describe a stupid person as sharp or keen?

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