Is "forgot to remember" an oxymoron? If not what is the classification ?

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Is "forgot to remember" an oxymoron? If not what is the classification ?

Question #135459. Asked by parrarobbie.
Last updated Apr 17 2014.
Originally posted Apr 17 2014 12:12 AM.

kingofmates

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kingofmates

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It's less oxymoron, and more performative contradiction:

"A performative contradiction arises when the propositional content of a statement contradicts the presuppositions of asserting it."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_contradiction

Apr 17 2014, 5:16 AM

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tigasrule

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tigasrule

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That might be a pleonasm. Not an oxymoron, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm

Apr 17 2014, 6:00 AM