Grothe writes never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you. Oxymoronica is a superset and mixture of paradox, oxymoron, chiasmus, as author says. Mardy s dictionary of metaphorical quotations dmdmq. In classic rhetoric, this figure of speech can be differentiated from an antimetabole, which is repetition of words in successive clauses in grammatical order. The most reliable and authoritative quotations site on the internet. Oxymoronica, a word coined by dr mardy grothe, a psychologist, author of never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you, has come up with a book of same name, containing paradoxical wit and wisdom from greatest wordsmiths. Experts have made them accessible and even popular e. Novel acquisition techniques for high field functional mri fmri.
The most colossal display of wise, inspiring, and humorous metaphors ever exhibited in one place. Chrome, edge, explorer, firefox, nokia mobilepcload internet care. Coauthor of three business books, he has been extensively interviewed on radio and television, on topics from problem bosses to the art of the insult. Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you is the first popular book ever published about chiasmus kyazmus, the fascinating literary and rhetorical device that lies behind some of the most thoughtprovoking and memorable things ever said or written, including ciceros one should eat to live, not live to eat, mae wests its not the men in my life, its the life in my men, and lenny bruces in the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Oxymoronica paradoxical wit and wisdom from historys. Studio maio, studio marc, studio marco piva, studio marconi, studio marty lowe. Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you mardy grothe 1999. Mardy grothe has compiled hundreds of examples of chiasmus in this whimsically illustrated collection, bringing this witty and thoughtprovoking device out of obscurity and into the public imagination. My contribution to the joy of words is a 4page chiasmus collection id like to share. Chiasmus and a world of quotations that say what they mean and mean what they say. A shout out for chiasmus and a fun little book on the topic by dr. Controlling crystal growth using peptides, mikko karttunen, jason oyoung, bernd grohe, harvey goldberg, graeme hunter, university o f. About never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you dr.
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