Mahuta ♥ Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Commonly used phrases we say but never realise they cancel each other out:1) Clearly misunderstood2) Exact Estimate3) Small Crowd4) Act Naturally5) Found MissingCan anyone think of anymore? 4 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_l Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I think you're talking about oxymorons.http://www.oxymoronlist.com/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeG Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 The list is cheating lol. I have one: Cold-Hearted Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Cheating! lolThis is not A1! I want people to think.. the fun is gone! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer Glau Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) Jumbo shrimp Never mind...it was on the list Edited February 5, 2011 by Summer Glau Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Commonly used phrases we say but never realise they cancel each other out:1) Clearly misunderstood2) Exact Estimate3) Small Crowd4) Act Naturally5) Found MissingCan anyone think of anymore?clearly misunderstood doesn't cancel itself out nor act naturally .. clearly can mean obviously, act means behave. what really bothers me is when people say i literally died!! (i wish...) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Fair enough..and LOL at the "I literally died..haha" Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumps Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 man i literally want to kill people like thatnot really. i think its acceptable on the grounds of hyperbole. exact estimate is pretty bad thoughactually daedalus that reminds me of a motion city soundtrack song"lets get ****ed up and dieim speaking figuratively of courselike the last time i committed suicidesocial suicide" Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.dibster Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 kinda reminds me of the related but different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(rhetoric)after you glance at that: http://xkcd.com/703/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khalid Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Cheating! lol This is not A1! I want people to think.. the fun is gone! Hahah this is not A1 :P Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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