
MISNOMER
A wrong or inaccurate name or designation.
A name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied.
EXAMPLES:
WHITE CHOCOLATE (It’s not made by chocolate)
BUFFALO WINGS (Buffaloes don’t have wings & the wings are from a chicken)
STAR FISH (Aren’t fishes)
FRENCH FRIES (Are originated in Belgium)
GUINEA PIGS (Are not pigs or from Guinea)
OXYMORON
A figure of speech contradicts itself with opposing meanings within a word, phrase or sentence.
EXAMPLES:
AWFULLY GOOD
BITTERSWEET
ORIGINAL COPY
WORKING VACATION
CIVIL WAR
OLD NEWS
SILENT SCREAM
CLEARLY MISUNDERSTOOD
CRASH LANDING
GUEST HOST
MERCY KILLING
NEGATIVE GROWTH
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