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Subject:Re: One-word oxymorons: the definitive list From:Matt Ion <mion -at- DIRECT -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 1 Jun 1995 13:09:47 EDT
On Thu, 1 Jun 1995 12:14:12 LCL you wrote:
> Tie for first place (my choices): monosyllabic, palindrome
Here's another one... "abbreviation".
And for whoever is keeping a list of favourite quotes, I could relate several
from commedian Steven Wright that leave me ROFL, but one of my all-time
favourites (and the one that fits best within this group) is:
"What's another word for 'thesaurus'?"
Matt
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