Oxymorons
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ox·y·mo·rons (ahk·see·môre·ons) noun pluralA rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence. Unscramble the letters below and you'll uncover two word Oxymorons that continue to perplex society day in and day out Example: Hmm, job up Sir = Jumbo Shrimp = 1. How he fall = 2. Cute as a emetic rat = 3. Man rises = 4. Handling cars = 5. Is congenial = 6. Left said = 7. No coy chile = 8. Let's press eels = 9. We dry in = 10. Debt party
Last edited by soot; 06/17/13 09:51 PM.
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Re: Oxymorons
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9. Dry Wine By the way, your trickiness did work this time. I only got this after playing around with so many combinations that I forgot the original word was dry.
Last edited by BobH; 06/16/13 02:39 PM. Reason: tricky, tricky
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Re: Oxymorons
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06/16/13 06:26 PM
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3. near miss
Last edited by GBC; 06/16/13 06:27 PM.
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