Thanks! Always love re-reading that kind of stuff! Keeps my mind fresh. :o)
In a message dated 4/11/01 2:19:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> http://www.thesaurus.com/thesaurus/roget/I/14.html
>
> and refer to the adjs section.
>
> From top of me head:
> antithesis (and its derivatives)
> diametrically opposed (?)
> antipodean
> as stark contrast/in contrast to/contrariness/contrariety
> (or a really off-the-charts one) chiaroscuro
>
> and in particular to your smidgeon:
> a catachretical construct (vis the dog paddles and dog-fish)
>
> wait...
> see
> http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
> for definition of catachresis
>
> Hope they are use
