On 2010-09-13 16:30:56 -0500, Dan Dassow said:   
   > On Sep 13, 1:09 pm, Kathryn Huxtable    
   > wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >> The "Holy Roman Empire". I think it was Voltaire who pointed out that   
   >> it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. There should be a word   
   >> for such things... Maybe there is.   
   >>    
   >> -K-   
   >    
   > http://www.onelook.com/?loc=lemma&w=oxymoron   
   >    
   > The closest word I can think of is oxymoron, conjoining contradictory   
   > terms (as in "`deafening silence"). However, that doesn't quite   
   > capture the concept.   
   >    
   > http://www.onelook.com/?w=antiphrasis   
   >    
   > Another possibility is antiphrasis, the use of a word in a sense   
   > opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony).   
   Yes, but not quite right. There needs to be a word... I've thought this    
   for years.   
   -K   
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