catachresis

Jamison R. (United States of America)
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  1. catachresis
    strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
Created on Tue Sep 02 18:59:16 EDT 2008

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