Ok class. Here is tonight’s assignment. I have copied and pasted some sentences from Barak Obama’s website below. See if you can identify the “misnomer” in 10 seconds or less.
Barack Obama is the right candidate at the right time for so many reasons, not the least of which is his respect for gay rights and rational approach to faith in politics. Gay Christians have every reason in the world to support Barack Obama for President of the United States.
No cheating, and please explain your answer.
March 12, 2008 at 10:04 am
Oh boy, this could also be an oxymoron.
March 12, 2008 at 11:25 am
Oh yes Laura. I could have used that word as well.
1657, from Gk. oxymoron, noun use of neut. of oxymoros (adj.) “pointedly foolish,” from oxys “sharp” (see acrid) + moros “stupid.” Rhetorical figure by which contradictory terms are conjoined so as to give point to the statement or expression; the word itself is an illustration of the thing. Now often used loosely to mean “contradiction in terms.”