Comments on: Incorporeal things and cognitive dissonance

By: Anhkah

Anhkah — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:13:42 +0000

Oxymoron, anyone?

From Webster's Open Dictionary:
ox·y·mo·ron
Pronunciation:
ˌäk-sē-ˈmor-ˌän
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural ox·y·mo·rons also ox·y·mo·ra Listen to the pronunciation of oxymora -ˈmȯr-ə
Etymology:
Late Greek oxymōron, from neuter of oxymōros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + mōros foolish
Date:
1657

: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness) ; broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxymoron

By: TateruNino

TateruNino — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:05:55 +0000

That's one of the amusing parts to this. “Real in all but name”

But then, where would the English language be if we stopped using words to mean five different, conflicting things?

By: Anhkah

Anhkah — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:00:46 +0000

Anyone who has ever looked up the word “virtual” in a dictionary, might find it curious to discover that one of its definitions is “real”.

By: Anhkah

Anhkah — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:13:42 +0000

By: TateruNino

TateruNino — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:05:55 +0000

That's one of the amusing parts to this. “Real in all but name”

But then, where would the English language be if we stopped using words to mean five different, conflicting things?

By: Anhkah

Anhkah — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:00:46 +0000

Anyone who has ever looked up the word “virtual” in a dictionary, might find it curious to discover that one of its definitions is “real”.