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14-05-2015
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What type of wordplay is the following? "Jumbo shrimp" A. Metaphor B. Oxymoron C. Pun D. Sarcasm

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Charlie26 Charlie26

14-05-2015

The answer is B. Oxymoron.

And oxymoron puts two opposite different things together (like living dead, or same difference), so jumbo and shrimp are opposites.

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