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07/20/22 Grif.Net – So You Like Oxymorons?

07/20/22 Grif.Net – So You Like Oxymorons?

[A few weeks =
ago, we shared some old and new oxymorons. After a little more research, =
we offer these additions]

IN LITERATURE . . =
.
Sweet sorrow (Shakespeare – Romeo and =
Juliet)

Listen loudly =
(Nour)

Falsely true =
(Tennyson)

Melancholy =
merriment (Byron)

Scalding =
coolness (Hemmingway)
Cruel kindness (Shakespeare – =
Hamlet)

 

IN MUSIC . . =
.

“A Hard =
Day’s Night” (Beatles)

“Sounds =
of Silence” (Simon and Garfunkel

“Definite=
Maybe” (Kinks)

“Cold =
Fire” (Rush)

 

IN HEADLINES . =
. .

Temporary =
tax-increase

Free =
trade

Virtual =
reality

Unbiased =
opinion

Friendly =
fire

Bureaucratic =
efficiency

Modern =
history

Peacekeeper =
missile

 

IN MOVIES . . =
.

True =
Lies

Alone =
together

 

~~

Dr Bob Griffin =

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Knows Me, This I =
Love!"