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

Question #135459. Asked by parrarobbie.

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Answer has 2 votes.
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."

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

Apr 17 2014, 5:16 AM
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tigasrule star
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Answer has 1 vote.
That might be a pleonasm. Not an oxymoron, though.

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


Apr 17 2014, 6:00 AM
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