Word Contradictions.
"I don't want to say anything mean."
Isn't saying that phrase the same as saying something mean?
"I love you more than words can say."
Just saying those words conveys the amount you love a person, so the phrase is actually a contradiction.
Can you think of any other contradictions, NOT oxymorons?
Very interesting, I'd never thought of "I love you more than words can say" that way.
"I hate to moan, BUT..."
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I once read a dessert menu claiming that this restaurant's chocolate cake was "indescribably" good. I felt like punching whoever wrote that.
Along that line, can anything be truly indescribable? The word itself partially describes whatever it is modifying.
you've had alot of time to think about this and i can't come up with anything but i might later!!!Originally Posted by Caspian
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Of course things can be indescribable. It's just that using a word like that to describe an item on a menu is so hyperbolic that it should be illegal.
"I don't mean to be rude..." should be and seems like an insult in itself, because it's invariably followed by a rude comment
"Fun run"
Whoever invented this phrase needs their teeth pulled out.
Some people <i>do</i> enjoy running.
yes yes i do but i don't say that!!!!
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Yeah , same here.
What about when people shout " Heads Up " , when there's a brick or large object flying through the air , when common sense tells us to duck ????
yeah i know what you mean. but if someone said everyone duck or something that person would probably be ignored be cause people might think he's weird or somthing!!!
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"Now, I don't mean to brag..." (but I'm about to say lots of wonderful things about myself).
"Please don't take offence, but..." (I'm going to offend you in my next sentence).
"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless,
uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"
"Don't take this the wrong way, but..." (even though you will)
"I mean that in the nicest way possible." (you don't, but you accidently insulted them and are trying to take it back)
"It happens to a lot of guys..."
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