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Friday, September 17, 2010
Oxymoronic Name
Oxymoron: a pair of contradictory or incongruous words.
Example: Jewelweed.
Weed: noxious interloper.
Jewel: precious stone.
Jewelweed, spotted or otherwise: plentiful impatiens of uncommon beauty and plenitude.
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