[Ads-l] Oxymoron of the Year

[James Landau]

among numerous other on-line reports:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/trump-immigration-pause-third-world-countries.html

"President Trump said Thursday night that he would “permanently pause” migration from some countries..."
"pause" means to halt something with the option to resume it at some future time.  Hence "permanently" pausing is an oxymoron


James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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