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* ''government intelligence - often used by liberals to smear the Armed Forces
* ''government intelligence - often used by liberals to smear the Armed Forces
* ''[[conservative]] professor'' - the process of obtaining a PhD and professorship is so politicized that [[liberals]] simply exclude conservatives
* ''[[conservative]] professor'' - the process of obtaining a PhD and professorship is so politicized that [[liberals]] simply exclude conservatives
In the past, rhetoric and elocution were standard school subjects and students were taught long lists of technical names of figures of speech and their meaning. ''Oxymoron'' was one of these, along with ''[[simile]]'', ''[[metaphor]]'', ''[[metonymy]]'', etc. True oxymoron is relatively rare; one well-known example occurs in [[Tennyson]]'s ''Idylls of the King:''
In the past, rhetoric and elocution were standard school subjects and students were taught long lists of technical names of figures of speech and their meaning. ''Oxymoron'' was one of these, along with ''[[simile]]'', ''[[metaphor]]'', ''[[metonymy]]'', etc. True oxymoron is relatively rare; one well-known example occurs in [[Tennyson]]'s ''Idylls of the King:''