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The affair of Julie and John is an Open
Secret. Open Secret?
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Are you crazy? Just think it over before
you speak. You are saying, it is an Open
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Secret.
If it is open,
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how can it be a secret?
And if it is a secret, how can it be open?
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So, friends, here, the Open Secret is an
oxymoron. And what is an oxymoron? An
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oxymoron is a figure of speech that
combines contradictory words with
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opposing meanings.
It may seem illogical at first, but in
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context, they usually make sense.
For example,
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Clearly Confused,
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Only Choice,
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Pretty Ugly,
Minor Crisis,
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Seriously Funny,
Act Naturally,
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Now the question arises why we use
oxymorons.
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And the answer is,
we use oxymorons to add flavour to our
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speech, and we all know variety is the
spice of life.
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