| Oxymorons are not thick bovines, but two words, with opposite meanings, linked together to form a descriptive phrase. As an example, golfers play with metal woods.
Take a word from the top list, pair it with a word from the second, and find all 7 oxymorons. LIST ONE: fine, dry, awfully, slipped, sweet, good, standing LIST TWO: jump, good, sorrow, sherry, drizzle, up, grief |
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| I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still, I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill. You look at me often and yet you always forget me, I am the most feared killer, yet you can’t live without me. Sometimes you have me for all to spare, Yet when you need me, I am not there. You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track, But once you’re done, you can never get me back. |
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| A spoonerism is a transposition of initial sounds of two or more words (as in “tons of soil” for “sons of toil”).
Armed with this definition, what is a spoonerism for a collection of almonds, cashews and walnuts as opposed to rejected dogs at the animal shelter? |
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| There once was a man, who was innocent, who was sent to prison, and was to die the next day by beheading. His cell was stone with a dirt floor, and a heavy wooden door that couldn’t be opened from the inside. There was a window 15 feet high, but he could not climb the wall. He tried to tunnel out, but the wall went too far underground, so he abandoned that idea.
How did he escape? |
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