{"id":6578,"date":"2013-01-02T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=6578"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:27:51","slug":"of-paradoxes-ironies-and-oxymora-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=6578","title":{"rendered":"Of Paradoxes, Ironies and Oxymora"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an earlier post I suggested that I would look up the origin of the word Oxymoron, because it contained the word “moron.” So hear’s the scoop!  “Oxy” comes from the Greek word for “sharp” and “moron” comes from the Greek word for “dull.” Put them together and you have “sharp\/dull” or words of opposite meaning, such as – bittersweet, deafening silence, jumbo shrimp – you get the idea. Please post any you have come across.<\/p>\n

Paradoxes are larger oxymora (the plural of oxymoron), such as “Less is More” or “More is Less” and from an earlier post “In my end is my beginning” or “In my beginning is my end.”<\/p>\n

Ironies are large events or states that seem to be in contrast, such as the concept of being in a huge crowd but being alone, or having a lot of money, but not really having anything of value. I am going to repost here a post from the comedian George Carlin on the many paradoxes that form the irony of our “advanced” civilization.<\/p>\n