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From: rcaetano7@yahoo.com (Rafael Caetano)
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Subject: Re: Coming to Tokyo
Date: 10 Jan 2004 06:35:57 -0800
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Michael Cash <buggeroff@fake.com> wrote in message:
> On 9 Jan 2004 09:18:50 -0800, rcaetano7@yahoo.com (Rafael Caetano)
> >Michael Cash <buggeroff@fake.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 19:04:36 +0900, "Fabian" <lajzar@hotmail.com>
> >> >or air stewards, but there is the   
> >> > <oxymoron>odd English teacher</oxymoron> thrown in the mix.
> >> 
> >> I fixed your XML tags for you. No charge.
> >
> >Oxymoron? I thought it was a pleonasm.
> 
> What's a neoplasma?

Oxymoron is a contradiction in terms. Pleonasm is a redundant,
repetitive expression with unnecessary, superfluous words some of
which could be eliminated because they aren't really essential. Like
"dishonest politician".

Rafael Caetano