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Dress Shirt  msg listID: 635

Reply to: 1635 by Emoxer < Prev  2090  Next > Reply | Post New
Re: Dress Shirt - Oxymoron 635 MicroGlyphics - 9/4/2005 16:57
I am guessing the supposed oxymoron here is that a shirt cannot at the same time be a dress. However, the term 'dress' referenced here is not the noun form, rather it is the adjective form, which is a homonym. This does not make it an oxymoron.

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