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Tag: Memes

The best Memes and Puns of 2022

Posted on December 2, 2022December 29, 2022 By The Lingwist
The best Memes and Puns of 2022

2. The Bushes 3. Monday of My Life 4. The Confusion 5. Mr. Sophisticated 6. The Studpid 7. Smonday 8. Sarcasm 9. I love you 10. Pessimist 11. Facebook 12. The typo 13. The Philosopher 14. Tradition 15. Too Peopley 16. X and Y 17. The One Byte 18. Adult in the new age 19….

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English, Applied Linguistics

60 Funny Oxymorons you will certainly enjoy

Posted on November 27, 2022September 18, 2023 By The Lingwist
60 Funny Oxymorons you will certainly enjoy

On a daily basis, we use oxymorons but never thought how weird they actually are. Understanding their contradictions will make up laugh out loud. In fact, they’re quite common in everyday speech across multiple languages. What is an oxymoron? According to the Collins dictionary, an oxymoron is a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are…

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