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What does the term 'oxymoron' mean?

  1. A word which can be spelled backwards

  2. It is Latin for "A fool with a welder"

  3. Two words that mean the opposite of each other are placed together

  4. A new word constructed by combining parts of existing words
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Explanation

An oxymoron is a figure of speech where two contradictory terms are combined for effect. Examples include 'deafening silence', 'jumbo shrimp', or 'bitter sweet'. It's not about spelling backwards or combining word parts.

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