Need some help from those relatively intelligent, please.
Ok, we all know an oxymoron is a statement that contradicts itself. That said there is a word for a statement that isn't an oxymoron, but is impossible. Something along the lines of complex...
Sdaeriji
23-04-2004, 12:06
Like a conundrum?
A paradox? *pretends to be really intelligent*
Free Soviets
23-04-2004, 12:09
contradiction?
BackwoodsSquatches
23-04-2004, 12:09
Paradox..
Falsehood...
a conundrum is merely a mystery, or a perplexion
Paradox..
Falsehood...
a conundrum is merely a mystery, or a perplexionBingo! Thank you, it has been bugging me all week. Thesauruses(spelling?) are no help and my friends are idiots. Thank you.
Collaboration
23-04-2004, 15:04
Many times what is really a "contradiction in terms" is mistakenly called an oxymoron.
I like paradox; it contains truth better than linear equations do.
One of the world's great books is a collection of modern myths entitled Parables and Paradoxes by Franz Kafka.