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Oxymorons, Part 2

Oxymorons, Part 2

Oxymorons, Part 2

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In Reference to thread1010-89693 since it is closed, I would like to add a new oxymoron I read today: overbalanced.

How can something be overbalanced?  I can understand out of balance or imbalanced.  Maybe I am just wrong and this isn't an oxymoron at all?

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RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

Does it not have something to do with its CofG moving and instead of being on the balance point it's over the balance point and hence falls over?

But then why not under balance, Hmm?

RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

isn't the opposite of balanced "unbalanced"

RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

Sounds like another example of inventing a word to take the place of one that already exists and works perfectly fine.  Probably "overbalanced" sounds more dramatic than unbalanced to somebody suffering from political correctness.

RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

overbalance=to have greater weight
overbalanced=imbalanced by something characterized by a greater weight.

RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

One which seems to have crept into British English from Americanese: "Change out". Why not just "change", or "replace"? Is there a related phrase "Change in"? It is a nonsense phrase and it grates on me every time I hear it, particularly from the supposed intellectual creme-de-la-creme in charge of running the company.

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RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

In my company, we have to affix various machines to a ship's hull.  Common nomenclature for the structure between the hull and the machine is foundation, as in, "the circulating pump foundation."  At some point, now in common usage is the word "foundate."  At first I thought it meant one of the geek designers had something to do Friday night besides watch Revenge of the Nerds for the 100th time (Found a date), but I'm afraid it is used to indicate locating and/or designing a foundation for the equipment.

RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

Sign on the door of a womens restroom in a barbecue place with a western (USA) motif "cowgirl hangout."

I thought 'surely the sign on the mens room isn't "cowboy hangout?"

Back to cowgirl hangout; is that an oxymoron?

rmw

PS: I checked.  The mens room said merely "mens."

RE: Oxymorons, Part 2

I see what you mean. On the other hand, cows are female. This makes cowboy an oxymoron and cowgirl a redundancy.

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