OXYMORONS
A
· Act naturally
· Advanced BASIC
· Almost exactly
· Alone together
· American English
· Authentic replica
· Awfully good
B (Top)
· Bad luck
· Baked Alaska
· Bittersweet
· Black light
· Blank expression
· Business ethics
· Butthead
C (Top)
· California expressway
· Cardinal sin
· Christian Scientist
· Civil war
· Classic novel
· Classically modern
· Clearly confused
· Cold comfort
· Communist leader
· Conspicuous absence
· Constant change
· Cowardly lion
· Criminal justice
D (Top)
· Deafening silence
· Death benefits
· Definite maybe
· Deliberate thoughtlessness
· Down escalator
· Dry wine
· Dynamic equilibrium
E (Top)
· Eloquent silence
· European Community
· Evaporated milk
· Even odds
· Exact estimate
· Extensive briefing
· Extinct life
· Eyes Wide Shut
G (Top)
· Fairly dark
· Famous Belgians
· Feminine logic
· Forgotten memories
· Found missing
· Free love
· Freezer burn
· Fresh-frozen
· Friendly fire
· Front end
· Fun run
· Fuzzy logic
G (Top)
· Genuine imitation
· Good grief
· Government organization
· Government service
· Great Britain
· Great Depression
· Guest host
H (Top)
· Hell's Angels
· Highly underestimated
· Holy war
· Homeless shelter
· Hopelessly optimistic
I (Top)
· Idiot savant
· Ill health
· Include me out
· Industrial park
· Instant classic
· Intense apathy
J (Top)
· Job security
· Jumbo shrimp
L (Top)
· Least favorite
· Light heavyweight
· Liquid gas
· Little giant
· Live recording
· Living dead
· Loosely packed
· Loose tights
M (Top)
· Make haste slowly
· Managed competition
· Microsoft Works
· Mild abrasive
· Mild enthusiasm
· Military intelligence
· Minor crisis
· Modern history
N (Top)
· Natural additives
· Noble savage
· Non-alcoholic beer
· Non-working mother
· Normal deviation
· Nothing much
· Numb feeling
O (Top)
· Oddly appropriate
· Old news
· Only choice
· Open secret
· Original copy
P (Top)
· Paid volunteer
· Paperless ofice
· Passive aggression
· Peace force
· Peace offensive
· Peacekeeper missile
· Plastic wood
· Positively cynical
· Press release
· Pretty ugly
· Pronounced silence
R (Top)
· Random order
· Rap music
· Real potential
· Recorded live
· Resident alien
· Rock opera
· Rolling stop
S (Top)
· Safe sex
· Safety hazard
Simpson, J. A., and E. S. C. Weiner. The Oxford English dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; 1989.Print.
Neufeldt, Victoria, ed. Webster's New World Compact School and Office Dictionary. 1 vol. to date. MacMillan: USA. 1995.
... have arisen. This paper has taught me a tremendous amount about the word burn. I found it really fascinating to study the definitions. I discovered new meanings from eight hundred which still apply today, for example, a stream. It fascinates me how words never truly change their meaning but do evolve from the slang we use.
All appear to be oxymoron's, but make some sense once the reader has progressed through the book, for example, the term "War is Peace" has a simple, but somewhat complex explanation.
This is indeed a touchy subject. This particular court case is one that has sparked a great deal of debate and one that requires some understanding of Miller v. California and New York v. Farber. Two semesters ago, my Media Law class spent a little time reviewing each of these cases plus the one we are discussing and even after doing so, I still find this ruling a bit disturbing.
Banned Words QLP Assignment. NOTE: This assignment is similar to one you will do in WRC
Regarding the motion of the English language, Tocqueville states, “Democratic nations, moreover, like movement for itself. This is seen in language as well as in politics. Even when they do not have the need to change words, they sometimes feel the desire to do it” (453). In analyzing current American English, one can see that a need really does not exist to create words or give old words new meaning, yet words like “hype” develop new meanings. The word “hype” formally meant to “intensify,” but now it is used in everyday speech to mean “excited.” Even though the word “excited” was sufficient enough to cover the subject, younger Americans sought to transform the word anyway. Tocqueville also notes that Americans “sometimes placed together words that in the language of the mother country were customarily kept separate” (453). One cannot deny that the English language often combines words for convenience and efficiency of speech. This phenomenon especially exists in “text speak” with words such as “chillax” and “brunch.” The word “chillax” combines the separate words “chill” and “relax,” and the word “brunch” fuses the distinct words “breakfast” and “lunch.” The notion of making words more efficient developed from America’s taste for industry. Tocqueville remarks, “the heart of democracy tends, on the contrary, to renew constantly the face of language like that of business” (453). Americans are preoccupied with industry, so their language serves as a reflection of their habits and even provides a means of promoting business. Though the English language seems to be increasingly adding words and phrases to the dictionary, some words and concepts are actually falling into disuse. On this subject, Tocqueville writes, “The language will constantly stretch in that direction [towards industry], whereas on the contrary it will abandon little by little
This strategy reveals which side of the conflict the translator is on. So, when he or she chooses a certain expression for one element instead of another, he or she leads the reader’s reaction towards the narrative to the direction planned. Such behavior calls for the use of ‘euphemisms’. Euphemism is mostly used in the political and commercial domains. It is a technique used to make inappropriate expressions more appealing to the reader. Examples of euphemism include the use of ‘passed away’ instead of ‘died’, ‘differently-abled’ instead of ‘disabled’, or ‘negative patient outcome’ instead of ‘dead patient’. Another alternative to euphemism is ‘counter meaning’. It is the use of opposite meanings of an element, usually implied in politics by riots or objectors to that
The New International Webster's Pocket Dictionary of the English Language. Naples, FL: Trident International, 2002. Print
After being recommended by multiple people to watch The OA I have finally given in and watched the premier episode. After finishing the episode I can definitely say the the story writers have done a fantastic job of opening up questions about the characters like OA and Steve, as well as to build up these characters without giving too many details.
Words have the power to change the way people think and feel. Supplementing one word for another might seem like entering a synonym, but this synonym has the ability to convey sentiments that the other fails to comprehend. For example, Dante’s Inferno has copious amounts of translations with each supporting the same message; however, each produces a different response. Langdon’s translation births sentiment and sympathy for these characters whereas Neff’s translation generates disapproval and hatred.
Agnes, M., & Guralnik, D. (2007). Webster's New World college dictionary (4th ed.). Cleveland, Ohio: Wiley.
Perhaps we all have the same memory of the first boy-girl party we attended. The floors were waxed, the music loud, the air thick with the smell of cologne. The boys stood on one side of the room and the girls on the other, each affecting a nonchalance belied by the shuffling male loafers and the occasional high birdlike sound of a female giggle.
Long, long ago, in a small town in ancient Greece Athena the goddess of knowledge blessed/cursed a couple’s baby boy whom’s name was Caesar. She made it where everything Caesar would say would come out on a sheet of papyrus.
We used a lot of special terms while researching, and I will define them for you here: Safety is the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury. Its synonyms are welfare, protection, and security. Security is the state of being free from danger or threat. Its synonyms are safety, freedom from danger, security. Public policy is the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based (Rules and laws in our society). Cognitive means of or relating to cognition. Learning is the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught. Reflection is serious thought or consideration. School safety means the safety of school settings, such as the incidence of harassment, bullying, violence, and substance use, as supported by relevant rese...