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Sent this several times from several gateways, but it, like other 
posts lately, disappeared into the recycled photon pile. 
To recap:

Patrick Murphy wrote:
 > Who put the oxy in oxymoron, anyway?

As I understand it, it comes from the Greek words 'oxus', meaning 
sharp, and 'moros', meaning foolish, or dull, so the word itself is 
descriptive of oxymora (plural) which are incongruities. 

This of course relates to diving. The word oxus, meaning 
sharp, gives us our word for oxygen: 
            sharp, or acid  + gen (producing).

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Then again, this could just be an 'Unbiased Opinion', displaying 
'Journalistic Accuracy' and don't forget that the good Mr. Murphy had 
an 'Engineering Education' and is kinda a 'Government Worker'

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Good Things,
Dr. Jolie Bookspan,
formerly 'Fighting for Peace' as a US Navy 'Respected Scientist'

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