blog on oxy-morons!

[garrendesares]

civil war is a common one, what are others? and no i dont know what it means but is fun to say and wonder what words are, so lets have fun lol

[Andy_Jerk]

human being.

[luffy4]

jumbo shrimp, stupid genius

[Dr Mario]

ITT: People who don't know what an oxymoron actually is.

[Elmdor Rizer]

You're an oxymoron, Hypnos. The civil war thing is just a pun, Garren.

I think oxymoron is one, but I need to freshen up on my latin (boy, will I look silly if it turns out to be greek ).

[garrendesares]

i dont think it is a pun, we actually call it a civil war and i thought about it and that doesnt make sense. then again we are a wierd culture.

[Milady]

"Civil" is a word with multiple definitions. You seem particularly attached to the eighth example here, which would not be the appropriate definition in the context of a "civil war." It is not an oxymoron.

Also, I don't know who you're referring to as "we," but if I'm not mistaken, you live in the US, which is by no means unique in having a civil war chronicled in its rather short history.

I think oxymoron is one, but I need to freshen up on my latin (boy, will I look silly if it turns out to be greek ).

From Wiki:

Oxymoron is derived from the 5th century Latin "oxymoron", which is derived from the Ancient Greek "ὀξύς" (oxus, sharp) + "μωρός" (mōros, dull). The Greek "ὀξύμωρον" (oxumōron) is not found in the extant Greek sources, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

tl;dr Elmdor is quite right.