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Jumbo Shrimp and Darkness Visible

Posted on November 15, 2001 by TC Editors

Conundrums to Guess

An oxymoron is a phrase containing opposite or contradictory terms or ideas.

Send us three original oxymorons and you’ll win a snarkolicious award.

This challenge is closed.

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