Opp. of "oxymoron"

[Drew Danielson]

Found at http://members.nbci.com/_______/news/kibology00047.html
(originally posted to alt.religion.kibology by "SWT"
<dumplechan at hotmail.com> on 27 Jun 2000):

"Append to end" isn't an oxymoron. It is (at least for my idiolect's
definition of "append") redundant - or to put it more charitably, call
it
"oxybrilliant" since it's the opposite of oxymoron.  Wow, that's so
'oxy!


Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>
> A colleague just asked if there is a word for the opposite of "oxymoron,"
> referring to the use of two terms of similar meaning, like perhaps "dead
> loss." The problem with terms like "tautology" or "redundancy" is that
> these are generally used in reference to disapproved usages, and we're
> looking for a term that refers in a favorable way to such constructions
> esp. when used for deliberate rhetorical effect.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Jesse Sheidlower

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