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someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 14:36
by cat hallucination
what is the term i'm trying to describe here? its common. and i want to incorporate it into my vocabulary.
folk metal
hard soft
smart dumb
democratic republican
retarted genius
fast slowness
finite infinity
scientific theist
*hint* its an english theory adjective
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 14:37
by cat hallucination
oh perfect, famous is logged on. help!!!
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 16:09
by Mr. P
You should really
a) Hit the bed and sleep
b) go to employment office in the morning to find a job
c) STOP DRINKING with medicine
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 16:13
by Haunty
You mean "oxymoron?"
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 23:08
by cat hallucination
yah thats it, i knew that.
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 23:16
by supa tuna
oh.
i was going to say contradiction.
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 23:45
by methodrone
redundant
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 23:51
by cat hallucination
oxymoron is the one i was looking for. i'm thinking about calling someone an oxymoron when they condradict themselves.

Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 23:54
by jawn galliano
most of those aren't really contradictory unless you assume mutual exclusivity for each and every adjective
Re: someone help
Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 23:57
by Haunty
True, but I managed to get what he was after, so...
I don't know. Think of five or six true oxymorons off the top of your head.

Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 00:04
by cat hallucination
i just scanned the definition on wiki and was reminded that the true definition of an oxymoron is for when something is "suprisingly true, a paradox."
so like karmablade is a really smart hard-on bearer.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 00:05
by jawn galliano
well in fairness i think only the appearance of contradiction is necessary to satisfy the requirements, so even if the examples given aren't necessarily contradictory, they still get to join the oxymoron party

Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 00:21
by Abzu
[quote name="cat hallucination"]i just scanned the definition on wiki and was reminded that the true definition of an oxymoron is for when something is "suprisingly true, a paradox."
so like karmablade is a really smart hard-on bearer.[/quote]
No no that is a fallacy, not an oxymoron.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 00:40
by djonni greazo
[quote name="abzu"]
[quote name="dog hallucination"]i just scanned the definition on wiki and was reminded that the true definition of an oxymoron is for when something is "suprisingly true, a paradox."
so like karmablade is a really smart hard-on bearer.[/quote]
No no that is a fallacy, not an oxymoron.[/quote]
i beg to differ. that is logic

Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 00:41
by Verbal
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="abzu"]
[quote name="dog hallucination"]i just scanned the definition on wiki and was reminded that the true definition of an oxymoron is for when something is "suprisingly true, a paradox."
so like karmablade is a really smart hard-on bearer.[/quote]
No no that is a fallacy, not an oxymoron.[/quote]
i beg to differ. that is logic

[/quote]
I beg to differ!
It's but one manifestion of logic.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:07
by cat hallucination
okay you guys have lost me.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:09
by supa tuna
manifestation
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:19
by djonni greazo
[quote name="cat hallucination"]okay you guys have lost me.[/quote]
would our heroic efforts to find you be rewarded?
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:20
by Verbal
I was going with the alternative manifestation of the word.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:21
by supa tuna
[quote name="Johnny"]I was going with the alternative manifestation of the word.[/quote]
ah, okay.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:22
by Verbal
[quote name="i am the pink lizard"]
[quote name="dog hallucination"]okay you guys have lost me.[/quote]
would our heroic efforts to find you be rewarded?[/quote]
Will you slide into the ether of mystique? Justify your answer.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:28
by cat hallucination
you started going off with mathematical metaphorical things and i didn't follow.
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 01:57
by zim
COCK
Re: someone help
Posted: 22 Oct 2009, 03:02
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
[quote name="Famous Mortimer"]most of those aren't really contradictory unless you assume mutual exclusivity for each and every adjective[/quote]
:wordsmith: