oxymoron

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Fri Jun 26 18:28:24 UTC 2009


Doesn't strike me as oxymoronic, but it does create the image of
arms, legs, and heads sticking out from under a weight and hitting
and kicking the weight. Futile, yes. Oxymoronic? Not so much.

---Amy West

>OT: Headline in today's Atlantic City Press, about Iran:
>"Protesters Crushed But Still Fighting".  How about that for an
>oxymoron?
>
>    - Jim Landau

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