On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Cliff Wise wrote: >An oxymoron is an element in classical rhetoric in which opposites are >combined to sharpen a point, not to contradict it. An example would be *His >impassioned plea was met by thunderous silence*. Giant shrimp probably exist >as does the oft quoted non-oxymoron military intelligence. computer genius :-) Jack Morgan Debian GNU/Linux Enthusiast yojack@mandinka.org http://www.mandinka.org