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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #45 on: November 07, 2006, 05:13:46 AM »
"How come" is NOT an oxymoron.

Come to think of it, cold-cock might be, though.
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« Reply #46 on: November 07, 2006, 05:38:50 AM »
Quote from: silentneep on November 07, 2006, 05:13:46 AM
"How come" is NOT an oxymoron.

Come to think of it, cold-cock might be, though.

neep! I was asking how come "civil war" is an Oxymoron, cold cock is hilarious, my new msn display note
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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #47 on: November 07, 2006, 07:56:46 AM »
How can you not get Civil War?

"What's so civil about war anyway?"
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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #48 on: November 07, 2006, 08:27:03 AM »
Quote from: FB on November 07, 2006, 05:38:50 AM
neep! I was asking how come "civil war" is an Oxymoron, cold cock is hilarious, my new msn display note

FB, you should change your name to AI.
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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #49 on: November 07, 2006, 09:58:24 AM »
Moderate Islam.
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« Reply #50 on: November 07, 2006, 10:01:04 AM »
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« Reply #52 on: November 07, 2006, 10:39:04 AM »
Compassionate Conservative.
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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #53 on: November 07, 2006, 10:39:51 AM »
Asphalt Omelette.

(Thanks, altalp!)
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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #54 on: November 07, 2006, 07:35:21 PM »
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« Reply #55 on: November 08, 2006, 12:54:43 AM »
Quote from: Dr P4nyk on November 07, 2006, 07:35:21 PM
Quote from: FB on November 07, 2006, 12:53:29 AM
Quote from: Dr P4nyk on November 06, 2006, 09:14:13 AM
Civil war.

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how come?

Because war is never civil.

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I think it is if the civilians are teh ones doing all the fighting and I think that’s the meaning of the term, well maybe you are right who knows…

ohh I've forgot BTW,

South American Goverment
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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #56 on: November 14, 2006, 08:42:42 PM »
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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #57 on: November 14, 2006, 09:06:06 PM »
Quote from: FB on November 08, 2006, 12:54:43 AM
Quote from: Dr P4nyk on November 07, 2006, 07:35:21 PM
Quote from: FB on November 07, 2006, 12:53:29 AM
Quote from: Dr P4nyk on November 06, 2006, 09:14:13 AM
Civil war.

P4nyk

how come?

Because war is never civil.

P4nyk

I think it is if the civilians are teh ones doing all the fighting and I think that’s the meaning of the term, well maybe you are right who knows…

ohh I've forgot BTW,

South American Goverment

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source
civil war 

a war between political factions or regions within the same country. 

How can that be civil?

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Re: Oxymorons, please add your own...
« Reply #58 on: November 14, 2006, 09:12:03 PM »
It's a play on the two different definitions of the word. The subject referring to one and the commonly thought depiction to the other.
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« Reply #59 on: November 15, 2006, 01:02:05 AM »
Quote from: gangals on November 14, 2006, 09:12:03 PM
It's a play on the two different definitions of the word. The subject referring to one and the commonly thought depiction to the other.

OK, I give up  ;)
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